Work & commute · Schoolcraft

Work & commute in Schoolcraft, MI

Most working residents leave Schoolcraft for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (18%), Portage (13%) and Schoolcraft (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 674 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 652 Schoolcraft residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 823 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schoolcraft.

652live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

823work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schoolcraft goes to work

Kalamazoo11.2 mi away

18%124

Portage5.9 mi away

13%87

Schoolcraft2.5 mi away

8%55

Oshtemo12.4 mi away

4%30

Three Rivers11.9 mi away

3%22

Battle Creek24.2 mi away

3%22

Kalamazoo13.6 mi away

3%20

Antwerp11 mi away

3%18

Grand Rapids58.3 mi away

3%17

Texas7.3 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%264

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

How far

How far Schoolcraft commutes

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

30%

40%

10%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schoolcraft is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Schoolcraft are

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

Jobs based in Schoolcraft

845 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Schoolcraft residents hold

674 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+225%

Jobs based in Schoolcraft, 2011 → 2021: 260 → 845. 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.