Household incomes in Coleman trail those of 90% of U.S. towns
At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (Michigan 14%). The poverty rate is 22.3%, where Michigan as a whole has 13.2%. For jobs and income Coleman is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Coleman
How Coleman earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Coleman’s grade up (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($47,868, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Coleman’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Coleman could be anywhere from D to C.
About 23 minutes to work from Coleman
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coleman workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 507 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Coleman: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 436 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Coleman on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in Midland
Where Coleman clocks in
22% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Coleman: what the 281 are
281 jobs are based in Coleman.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coleman, 2011 → 2021: 124 → 281. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coleman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Coleman works
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Coleman walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 523 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.9% of Coleman households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coleman’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Coleman ranks: 3,978th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 151 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,976 | Marion Township OH | 1,185 | $62K | 15.8% | 7.0% | 2% | D |
| 3,977 | Honalo HI | 1,071 | $63K | 14.6% | 4.2% | 0% | D |
| 3,978 | Coleman MI | 1,252 | $48K | 22.3% | 3.7% | 7% | D |
| 3,979 | Ontonagon MI | 1,264 | $50K | 10.4% | 3.6% | 36% | D |
| 3,980 | Morris OK | 1,340 | $59K | 16.3% | 4.3% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Coleman, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Coleman: questions
What is the median household income in Coleman?
$47,868 (±$6,365) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coleman?
22.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coleman?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coleman work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (22%, 20 mi), Mount Pleasant (6%, 15 mi), Warren Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Coleman walkable?
Coleman is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coleman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coleman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coleman
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.