Work & commute · Nottawa

Work & commute in Nottawa, MI

Most working residents leave Nottawa for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (25%), Union (8%) and Midland (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 910 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 857 Nottawa residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 320 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nottawa.

857live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

320work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nottawa goes to work

Mount Pleasant8.4 mi away

25%226

Union8.2 mi away

8%71

Nottawa (in town)right here

6%53

Midland33.8 mi away

5%49

Chippewa13.7 mi away

5%44

Isabella5.4 mi away

4%36

Alma23.8 mi away

3%31

Broomfield8.3 mi away

3%24

Clare12.6 mi away

2%18

Lansing68.6 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%342

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

How far

How far Nottawa commutes

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

33%

30%

13%

25%

33%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nottawa is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nottawa are

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

Jobs based in Nottawa

373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Nottawa residents hold

910 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+22%

Jobs based in Nottawa, 2011 → 2021: 305 → 373. 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.