Work & commute · Parchment

Work & commute in Parchment, MI

Most working residents leave Parchment for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (27%), Portage (11%) and Oshtemo (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 837 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 805 Parchment residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 887 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parchment.

805live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

887work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parchment goes to work

Kalamazoo3.8 mi away

27%230

Portage9.1 mi away

11%93

Oshtemo7.7 mi away

6%54

Kalamazoo2.9 mi away

5%38

Parchment (in town)right here

4%32

Comstock5.6 mi away

3%29

Battle Creek17.3 mi away

3%27

Texas10.9 mi away

3%21

Grand Rapids44 mi away

2%15

Schoolcraft14.9 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%285

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

How far

How far Parchment commutes

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

64%

12%

11%

64%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parchment is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Parchment are

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

Jobs based in Parchment

919 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Parchment residents hold

837 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+54%

Jobs based in Parchment, 2011 → 2021: 595 → 919. 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.