Work & commute · Marshall

Work & commute in Marshall, MI

Most working residents leave Marshall for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (22%), Battle Creek (16%) and Emmett (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 1,197 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,147 Marshall residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 1,111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marshall.

1,147live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

1,111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marshall goes to work

Marshall2.7 mi away

22%260

Battle Creek11.1 mi away

16%187

Emmett5 mi away

5%62

Marshall (in town)right here

4%50

Kalamazoo29.4 mi away

3%35

Portage30.3 mi away

3%35

Coldwater23.9 mi away

2%25

Lansing37.2 mi away

2%25

Albion13.3 mi away

2%20

Jackson31.3 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%479

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

How far

How far Marshall commutes

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

38%

25%

18%

19%

38%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marshall is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marshall are

1,161 jobs are based in Marshall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marshall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marshall

1,161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Marshall residents hold

1,197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+46%

Jobs based in Marshall, 2011 → 2021: 793 → 1,161. 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.