Work & commute · Vicksburg

Work & commute in Vicksburg, MI

Most working residents leave Vicksburg for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (18%), Portage (17%) and Schoolcraft (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 1,676 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 1,560 Vicksburg residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 1,072 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vicksburg.

1,560live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

1,072work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vicksburg goes to work

Kalamazoo10.8 mi away

18%297

Portage5.8 mi away

17%283

Schoolcraft2.6 mi away

9%156

Brady3.7 mi away

4%63

Oshtemo14.2 mi away

3%54

Kalamazoo13.8 mi away

3%53

Battle Creek20 mi away

3%48

Comstock12 mi away

3%45

Texas10.4 mi away

2%39

Three Rivers13.1 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%606

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

How far

How far Vicksburg commutes

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

39%

36%

20%

39%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vicksburg is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vicksburg are

1,188 jobs are based in Vicksburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vicksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vicksburg

1,188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Vicksburg residents hold

1,676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+16%

Jobs based in Vicksburg, 2011 → 2021: 1,022 → 1,188. 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.