Work & commute · Pavilion

Work & commute in Pavilion, MI

Most working residents leave Pavilion for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Portage (19%), Kalamazoo (17%) and Comstock (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 2,663 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,558 Pavilion residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 2,033 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pavilion.

2,558live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

2,033work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pavilion goes to work

Portage5.9 mi away

19%516

Kalamazoo7.4 mi away

17%450

Comstock5.5 mi away

5%146

Kalamazoo10.3 mi away

4%110

Battle Creek14.1 mi away

4%109

Pavilion (in town)right here

4%105

Oshtemo12.9 mi away

4%105

Schoolcraft8.7 mi away

4%96

Grand Rapids52.8 mi away

2%46

Brady7 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%935

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

How far

How far Pavilion commutes

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

55%

21%

17%

55%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pavilion is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pavilion are

2,138 jobs are based in Pavilion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pavilion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pavilion

2,138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Pavilion residents hold

2,663 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+91%

Jobs based in Pavilion, 2011 → 2021: 1,121 → 2,138. 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.