Work & commute · Trowbridge

Work & commute in Trowbridge, MI

Most working residents leave Trowbridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Allegan (20%), Holland (6%) and Allegan (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,163 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,138 Trowbridge residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trowbridge.

1,138live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trowbridge goes to work

Allegan5.1 mi away

20%234

Holland25.1 mi away

6%68

Allegan7 mi away

5%59

Kalamazoo18.1 mi away

5%58

Holland27.8 mi away

3%40

Grand Rapids36.1 mi away

3%37

Zeeland26.2 mi away

3%36

Portage22.1 mi away

3%33

Trowbridge (in town)right here

2%25

Otsego7.5 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%549

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

How far

How far Trowbridge commutes

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

32%

29%

25%

14%

32%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trowbridge is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trowbridge are

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

Jobs based in Trowbridge

336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Trowbridge residents hold

1,163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+71%

Jobs based in Trowbridge, 2011 → 2021: 196 → 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.