Work & commute · Royalton

Work & commute in Royalton, MI

Most working residents leave Royalton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Benton (18%), St. Joseph (10%) and St. Joseph (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 1,983 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,859 Royalton residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 1,340 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Royalton.

1,859live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

1,340work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Royalton goes to work

Benton6.8 mi away

18%348

St. Joseph6.4 mi away

10%198

Royalton (in town)right here

6%124

St. Joseph4.4 mi away

5%106

Lincoln4 mi away

5%102

Oronoko5.2 mi away

5%96

Grand Rapids76.1 mi away

4%85

Benton Harbor6.6 mi away

3%57

Lake8.9 mi away

2%48

Niles15.7 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%794

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

How far

How far Royalton commutes

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

57%

25%

57%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Royalton is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Royalton are

1,464 jobs are based in Royalton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Royalton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Royalton

1,464 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Royalton residents hold

1,983 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+44%

Jobs based in Royalton, 2011 → 2021: 1,017 → 1,464. 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.