Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0At 7.3%, unemployment in Constantine is higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Constantine; the top destination outside it is Elkhart (10%, 18 miles). The two grades for Constantine are C for jobs and income and C for walkability. For 3% of workers, the job is at home (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Constantine at work: what stands out
Constantine makes and builds things
72% of the jobs based in Constantine are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Constantine residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 48%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Constantine workers cross into Indiana
32% of Constantine workers work outside Michigan, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Elkhart (10%), Goshen (5%) and Middlebury (4%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Constantine are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 885 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Constantine
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Constantine is better than 34% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Constantine’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Constantine could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Goods, not services: 72% of the jobs in Constantine
811 jobs are based in Constantine.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Constantine, 2011 → 2021: 1,094 → 811. 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 Constantine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Constantine ends
Where Constantine clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
How long Constantine spends getting to work: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Constantine workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 983 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.
Constantine by day and by night
On a workday 819 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 745 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Constantine’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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 Constantine walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Constantine is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,018 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). 4.7% of Constantine households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Constantine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Constantine places 3,129th of 5,509 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 213 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,127 | Dublin Township OH | 2,056 | $65K | 8.9% | 2.0% | 10% | C |
| 3,128 | Wiggins CO | 1,868 | $92K | 11.5% | 1.7% | 10% | C |
| 3,129 | Constantine MI | 1,983 | $73K | 13.3% | 7.3% | 7% | C |
| 3,130 | Weedsport NY | 1,760 | $71K | 16.6% | 1.1% | 6% | C |
| 3,131 | New Middletown OH | 1,486 | $50K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Constantine, 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 Constantine: questions
What is the median household income in Constantine?
$73,320 (±$13,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Constantine?
13.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Constantine?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Constantine work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkhart (10%, 18 mi), Constantine Township (8%, 2 mi), Three Rivers (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Constantine walkable?
Constantine is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Constantine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Constantine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Constantine
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.