Work & commute · Tekonsha

Work & commute in Tekonsha, MI

Most working residents leave Tekonsha for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (17%), Coldwater (10%) and Battle Creek (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 538 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 519 Tekonsha residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 477 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tekonsha.

519live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

477work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tekonsha goes to work

Marshall10.2 mi away

17%89

Coldwater12 mi away

10%53

Battle Creek16.9 mi away

7%40

Tekonsha (in town)right here

4%19

Emmett12.4 mi away

3%16

Kalamazoo31.8 mi away

2%13

Portage30.6 mi away

2%11

Jackson31.8 mi away

2%10

Lansing46.9 mi away

2%9

Detroit98.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%269

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

How far

How far Tekonsha commutes

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

14%

45%

17%

23%

14%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tekonsha is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tekonsha are

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

Jobs based in Tekonsha

496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Tekonsha residents hold

538 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+101%

Jobs based in Tekonsha, 2011 → 2021: 247 → 496. 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.