Work & commute · Park

Work & commute in Park, MI

Most working residents leave Park for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Three Rivers (15%), Kalamazoo (11%) and Portage (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 1,032 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 994 Park residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 647 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park.

994live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

647work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park goes to work

Three Rivers5.8 mi away

15%156

Kalamazoo17.6 mi away

11%117

Portage12.2 mi away

8%87

Schoolcraft6.3 mi away

6%58

Park (in town)right here

4%38

Elkhart, IN30 mi away

3%35

Nottawa7.9 mi away

2%25

Mendon5.6 mi away

2%23

York, IN21.5 mi away

2%22

Comstock19.3 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%453

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

How far

How far Park commutes

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

31%

37%

15%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Park are

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

Jobs based in Park

685 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Park residents hold

1,032 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−8%

Jobs based in Park, 2011 → 2021: 742 → 685. 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.