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Work & commute · Tekonsha

Work & commute in Tekonsha, MI

Most working residents leave Tekonsha for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (13%), Coldwater (10%) and Battle Creek (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
6 of 230 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 224 Tekonsha residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tekonsha.

224live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
410work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tekonsha goes to work

TekonshaAlbionMarshallColdwaterJacksonKalamazooGrand RapidsBattle CreekLansingPortageMarengoHomerFredoniaClarendonEckfordTekonshaBedfordSummitMarshallColdwaterBattle CreekJacksonTekonshaLansingPortageBedfordKalamazooMarengoTekonsha
1
Marshall11.4 mi away
13%30
2
Coldwater10.7 mi away
10%22
3
Battle Creek18.3 mi away
7%15
4
Jackson31.6 mi away
3%7
5
Tekonsha1.5 mi away
3%7
6
Lansing47.7 mi away
3%6
7
Portage31.4 mi away
3%6
8
Bedford23.2 mi away
3%6
9
Kalamazoo32.9 mi away
2%5
10
Marengo14.5 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%121

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.

9%Under 10 mi
50%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tekonsha is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident
A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tekonsha are

416 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

416 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)82%
$1,250 a month or less29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month49%
Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Tekonsha residents hold

230 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month48%
+107%

Jobs based in Tekonsha, 2011 → 2021: 201 → 416. 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.

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