Work & commute · Marshall

Work & commute in Marshall, MI

About one in 4 of Marshall’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Battle Creek (13%), Emmett (4%) and Marshall (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

636 of 2,558 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,922 Marshall residents head out of town to work, 636 work right here, and 5,803 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marshall.

1,922live here, work elsewhere

636live and work here

5,803work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marshall goes to work

Marshall (in town)right here

25%636

Battle Creek13.2 mi away

13%324

Emmett7 mi away

4%109

Marshall2.7 mi away

3%82

Kalamazoo31.4 mi away

3%77

Albion11.1 mi away

3%74

Portage31.9 mi away

2%61

Coldwater22.1 mi away

2%58

Lansing37.5 mi away

2%49

Olivet12.5 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,051

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.

34%

29%

18%

19%

34%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marshall is a job hub

2.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marshall are

6,439 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

6,439 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Marshall residents hold

2,558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+14%

Jobs based in Marshall, 2011 → 2021: 5,633 → 6,439. 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.