Work & commute · Mattawan

Work & commute in Mattawan, MI

Most working residents leave Mattawan for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (16%), Antwerp (14%) and Portage (11%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

120 of 1,155 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,035 Mattawan residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 3,323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mattawan.

1,035live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

3,323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mattawan goes to work

Kalamazoo11.4 mi away

16%187

Antwerp1.2 mi away

14%163

Portage10.5 mi away

11%123

Paw Paw7.5 mi away

5%61

Oshtemo6.8 mi away

4%47

Texas4.7 mi away

3%36

Kalamazoo11.3 mi away

3%35

Comstock17.4 mi away

3%35

Three Rivers20.5 mi away

1%17

Battle Creek29.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%436

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

How far

How far Mattawan commutes

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

32%

40%

11%

16%

32%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mattawan is a job hub

2.98jobs 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 Mattawan are

3,443 jobs are based in Mattawan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mattawan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mattawan

3,443 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Mattawan residents hold

1,155 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+72%

Jobs based in Mattawan, 2011 → 2021: 2,000 → 3,443. 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.