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Work & commute · Montcalm

Work & commute in Montcalm, MI

Most working residents leave Montcalm for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (14%), Greenville (12%) and Kentwood (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
12 of 1,353 working residents
Typical commute
27 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,341 Montcalm residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montcalm.

1,341live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
209work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Montcalm goes to work

StantonBeldingGreenvilleWalkerWyomingKentwoodGrand RapidsLansingSidneyPlainfieldEurekaBelvidereSpencerDouglassFairplainCascadePineReynoldsCatoMontcalmGrand RapidsGreenvilleKentwoodWalkerLansingCascadeWyomingPlainfieldCatoStantonMontcalm
1
Grand Rapids27.8 mi away
14%183
2
Greenville4.4 mi away
12%157
3
Kentwood29.8 mi away
3%43
4
Walker30.1 mi away
3%42
5
Lansing51 mi away
3%39
6
Cascade26.5 mi away
2%32
7
Wyoming33.1 mi away
2%31
8
Plainfield21.1 mi away
2%31
9
Cato12 mi away
2%31
10
Stanton9.9 mi away
2%30
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%734

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

How far

How far Montcalm commutes

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

19%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
35%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Montcalm is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montcalm are

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

Jobs based in Montcalm

221 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities66%
Services (health, schools, offices…)20%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Montcalm residents hold

1,353 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month53%
−52%

Jobs based in Montcalm, 2011 → 2021: 459 → 221. 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.

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