Work & commute · Newton

Work & commute in Newton, MI

Most working residents leave Newton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Battle Creek (29%), Emmett (7%) and Kalamazoo (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 1,074 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

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,066 Newton residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newton.

1,066live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newton goes to work

Battle Creek8.6 mi away

29%308

Emmett5.7 mi away

7%70

Kalamazoo24.2 mi away

4%44

Marshall9 mi away

4%43

Portage23.8 mi away

4%38

Leroy5.4 mi away

3%29

Bedford13.9 mi away

2%25

Springfield10.1 mi away

2%24

Lansing45.8 mi away

2%21

Coldwater18.7 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%452

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

How far

How far Newton commutes

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

34%

32%

12%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newton is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newton are

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

Jobs based in Newton

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Newton residents hold

1,074 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+48%

Jobs based in Newton, 2011 → 2021: 82 → 121. 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.