Work & commute · Texas

Work & commute in Texas, MI

Most working residents leave Texas for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (24%), Portage (17%) and Oshtemo (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

430 of 7,876 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,446 Texas residents head out of town to work, 430 work right here, and 4,480 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Texas.

7,446live here, work elsewhere

430live and work here

4,480work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Texas goes to work

Kalamazoo7.6 mi away

24%1,871

Portage5.9 mi away

17%1,347

Texas (in town)right here

5%430

Oshtemo5.5 mi away

5%364

Battle Creek25.1 mi away

4%320

Antwerp5.6 mi away

4%313

Kalamazoo8.5 mi away

4%280

Comstock13.3 mi away

2%158

Grand Rapids52.1 mi away

1%104

Paw Paw12.1 mi away

1%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,595

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

How far

How far Texas commutes

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

58%

15%

12%

15%

58%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Texas is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Texas are

4,910 jobs are based in Texas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Texas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Texas

4,910 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Texas residents hold

7,876 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+40%

Jobs based in Texas, 2011 → 2021: 3,507 → 4,910. 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.