Work & commute · Wakeshma

Work & commute in Wakeshma, MI

Most working residents leave Wakeshma for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Portage (12%), Kalamazoo (11%) and Battle Creek (11%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 498 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 493 Wakeshma residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wakeshma.

493live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wakeshma goes to work

Portage13.5 mi away

12%61

Kalamazoo16.4 mi away

11%57

Battle Creek14.2 mi away

11%56

Comstock13.4 mi away

7%36

Schoolcraft11.9 mi away

4%18

Climax6.2 mi away

3%17

Kalamazoo19.3 mi away

3%13

Oshtemo21.6 mi away

2%11

Grand Rapids60.5 mi away

2%9

Kentwood54.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%212

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

How far

How far Wakeshma commutes

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

61%

25%

9%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wakeshma is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wakeshma are

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

Jobs based in Wakeshma

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Wakeshma residents hold

498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−90%

Jobs based in Wakeshma, 2011 → 2021: 381 → 40. 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.