Work & commute · Paw Paw

Work & commute in Paw Paw, MI

Most working residents leave Paw Paw for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Paw Paw (13%), Kalamazoo (12%) and Antwerp (11%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

139 of 1,368 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,229 Paw Paw residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 2,385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paw Paw.

1,229live here, work elsewhere

139live and work here

2,385work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paw Paw goes to work

Paw Paw2.7 mi away

13%180

Kalamazoo16.1 mi away

12%160

Antwerp4.1 mi away

11%149

Portage15.4 mi away

8%106

Oshtemo10.8 mi away

5%66

Texas9.6 mi away

3%47

Comstock22.2 mi away

2%29

Kalamazoo15.6 mi away

2%26

Grand Rapids53 mi away

2%24

Allegan22.1 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%559

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

How far

How far Paw Paw commutes

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

29%

41%

13%

17%

29%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paw Paw is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Paw Paw are

2,524 jobs are based in Paw Paw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paw Paw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paw Paw

2,524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Paw Paw residents hold

1,368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−1%

Jobs based in Paw Paw, 2011 → 2021: 2,555 → 2,524. 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.