Work & commute · Marengo

Work & commute in Marengo, MI

Most working residents leave Marengo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (24%), Battle Creek (14%) and Emmett (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 857 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 847 Marengo residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marengo.

847live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marengo goes to work

Marshall5.4 mi away

24%207

Battle Creek18.1 mi away

14%118

Emmett12 mi away

5%39

Kalamazoo36.4 mi away

4%30

Marshall7 mi away

3%28

Portage37.2 mi away

3%24

Lansing33.3 mi away

2%18

Coldwater24.8 mi away

2%15

Albion6.7 mi away

2%14

Bedford19.6 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%351

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

How far

How far Marengo commutes

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

34%

28%

18%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marengo is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Marengo are

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

Jobs based in Marengo

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Marengo residents hold

857 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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Jobs based in Marengo, 2011 → 2021: 236 → 235. 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.