Most of Hickory Corners commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers work from home; Michigan has 14%. Employers in Hickory Corners report 37 jobs for 118 working residents. Hardly any work in Hickory Corners; the top destination outside it is Kalamazoo (11%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hickory Corners by day and by night
On a workday 118 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Hickory Corners on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where Hickory Corners’ working residents head each day
Where Hickory Corners clocks in
11% 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 Hickory Corners: what the 37 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hickory Corners, 2011 → 2021: 90 → 37. 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 Hickory Corners’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes to work from Hickory Corners
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hickory Corners workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 81 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from Hickory Corners, by distance
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.
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 Hickory Corners: questions
What is the median household income in Hickory Corners?
$98,397 (±$20,432) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hickory Corners?
0.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hickory Corners?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hickory Corners work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalamazoo (11%, 15 mi), Battle Creek (6%, 12 mi), Barry Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Hickory Corners without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hickory Corners, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hickory Corners
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.