Work & commute · Matteson

Work & commute in Matteson, MI

Most working residents leave Matteson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Coldwater (19%), Sturgis (7%) and Coldwater (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 489 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 486 Matteson residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Matteson.

486live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Matteson goes to work

Coldwater11.8 mi away

19%93

Sturgis14 mi away

7%33

Coldwater13.2 mi away

5%23

Bronson5.3 mi away

3%14

Battle Creek24.6 mi away

3%14

Kalamazoo29.4 mi away

2%12

Sturgis16.7 mi away

2%12

Portage25.6 mi away

2%9

Angola, IN23.4 mi away

2%8

Middlebury, IN31.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%264

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

How far

How far Matteson commutes

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

11%

45%

21%

23%

11%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Matteson is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Matteson are

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

Jobs based in Matteson

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Matteson residents hold

489 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+193%

Jobs based in Matteson, 2011 → 2021: 14 → 41. 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.