Work & commute · Sheridan

Work & commute in Sheridan, MI

Most working residents leave Sheridan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Albion (12%), Marshall (11%) and Battle Creek (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 567 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 558 Sheridan residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 327 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheridan.

558live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

327work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sheridan goes to work

Albion3.6 mi away

12%67

Marshall10.5 mi away

11%60

Battle Creek23.3 mi away

7%37

Kalamazoo41.7 mi away

3%17

Jackson19.2 mi away

3%16

Homer12.6 mi away

3%16

Litchfield17.9 mi away

2%14

Albion7.1 mi away

2%13

Coldwater27 mi away

2%12

Plymouth65.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%304

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

How far

How far Sheridan commutes

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

26%

31%

17%

27%

26%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sheridan is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sheridan are

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

Jobs based in Sheridan

336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Sheridan residents hold

567 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−46%

Jobs based in Sheridan, 2011 → 2021: 619 → 336. 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.