Mattawan has 3.0 jobs for every working resident: 3,323 people commute in to work
Jobs and income earn Mattawan C; getting around on foot earns it C+. There are 3,443 jobs in Mattawan for 1,155 working residents. About one in ten work in Mattawan itself; outside it, Kalamazoo draws the most (16%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Mattawan
Mattawan is where the jobs are
Mattawan has 3,443 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,200 people are in town, 78% more than the 2,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Mattawan has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mattawan went from 2,000 in 2011 to 3,443 in 2021, +72%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Mattawan are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 54 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Mattawan earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mattawan is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #544 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Mattawan’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.2%, U.S. 5.2%).
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, poverty and unemployment, Mattawan could be anywhere from C− to B.
The daily flow of workers through Mattawan
On a workday 1,035 residents head out to work and 120 work right here.
About 5,200 people are in Mattawan on a workday afternoon, 78% more 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.
What Mattawan’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mattawan, 2011 → 2021: 2,000 → 3,443. 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 Mattawan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mattawan workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,183 commuters (the 13% 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.
Who travels to work in Mattawan, and from where
Where Mattawan clocks in
16% 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 far Mattawan goes to work
About 16% 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.
In Mattawan, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mattawan is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #346 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,357 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). 5.4% of Mattawan households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mattawan’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,174th of 4,618: where Mattawan ranks among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 232 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,172 | East China Township MI | 3,661 | $72K | 9.2% | 9.1% | 4% | C |
| 3,173 | Watergate FL | 3,782 | $67K | 21.9% | 8.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,174 | Mattawan MI | 2,934 | $62K | 12.1% | 8.2% | 10% | C |
| 3,175 | Dayton Township IL | 2,379 | $76K | 25.1% | 5.3% | 8% | C |
| 3,176 | Lawrence Township MI | 3,294 | $64K | 19.5% | 4.0% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Mattawan, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 17% of Mattawan
The biggest share goes to Antwerp Township (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mattawan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattawan | – | C | C+ | 17 min | $61,587 |
| Antwerp Township | 14% | B | C+ | 22 min | $80,234 |
| Texas Township | 3% | A− | C− | 21 min | $147,128 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mattawan’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Mattawan: questions
What is the median household income in Mattawan?
$61,587 (±$14,605) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mattawan?
12.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mattawan?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mattawan work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalamazoo (16%, 11 mi), Antwerp Township (14%, 1 mi), Portage (11%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Mattawan walkable?
Mattawan is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mattawan 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 Mattawan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mattawan
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.