Work & commute · Ridgeway

Work & commute in Ridgeway, MI

Most working residents leave Ridgeway for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tecumseh (10%), Adrian (7%) and Pittsfield (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 512 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 503 Ridgeway residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgeway.

503live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgeway goes to work

Tecumseh6.1 mi away

10%52

Adrian11.9 mi away

7%34

Pittsfield17.4 mi away

6%30

Ann Arbor21.6 mi away

4%23

Dundee8.2 mi away

4%22

Saline14.2 mi away

4%19

Clinton8.3 mi away

3%14

Scio22.4 mi away

3%13

Toledo, OH25 mi away

2%12

Madison14.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%282

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

How far

How far Ridgeway commutes

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

22%

41%

19%

18%

22%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgeway is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgeway are

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

Jobs based in Ridgeway

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Ridgeway residents hold

512 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−34%

Jobs based in Ridgeway, 2011 → 2021: 147 → 97. 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.