Work & commute · Litchfield

Work & commute in Litchfield, MI

Most working residents leave Litchfield for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsdale (8%), Coldwater (7%) and Jonesville (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

103 of 638 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 535 Litchfield residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 1,820 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Litchfield.

535live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

1,820work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Litchfield goes to work

Litchfield (in town)right here

16%103

Hillsdale9.8 mi away

8%53

Coldwater14.3 mi away

7%43

Jonesville6.6 mi away

6%40

Ann Arbor54.8 mi away

4%26

Jackson22.7 mi away

3%22

Scipio5.6 mi away

2%14

Marshall19.3 mi away

2%13

Toledo, OH65.6 mi away

2%11

Blackman24.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%302

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Litchfield commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

36%

28%

36%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Litchfield is a job hub

3.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Litchfield are

1,923 jobs are based in Litchfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Litchfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Litchfield

1,923 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Litchfield residents hold

638 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+13%

Jobs based in Litchfield, 2011 → 2021: 1,709 → 1,923. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.