A job hub: Tekonsha has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 410 people come in to work
For 1% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Michigan. There are 416 jobs in Tekonsha, against 230 working residents. Only 3% work in Tekonsha; the top destination outside it is Marshall (13%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Tekonsha, in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Tekonsha
48% of Tekonsha residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 22% of the jobs based in Tekonsha pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Tekonsha pay little
29% of the jobs based in Tekonsha pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Few Tekonsha workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 230 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Tekonsha is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tekonsha, 2011 → 2021: 201 → 416. 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 Tekonsha’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Tekonsha: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tekonsha workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 235 commuters (the 1% 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.
How a workday changes Tekonsha
On a workday 224 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 910 people are in Tekonsha on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Commuting in to Tekonsha: where workers come from
Where Tekonsha clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Tekonsha
About 22% 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.
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 Tekonsha: questions
What is the median household income in Tekonsha?
$55,000 (±$9,021) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tekonsha?
21.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tekonsha?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tekonsha work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (13%, 11 mi), Coldwater (10%, 11 mi), Battle Creek (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Tekonsha without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tekonsha, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tekonsha
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.