Cass County, Michigan provides residents with a wide variety of public transportation options. The county is served by the Cassopolis Area Transportation System (CATS), which operates five fixed-route buses throughout the county. CATS also offers a limited demand-response service for elderly and disabled passengers. The county’s rural areas are served by Dial-A-Ride, which connects riders to locations within Cass County and to nearby counties in the region. In addition, Cass County residents may use Metro Bus, a regional intercity bus system that operates routes throughout southwestern Michigan. Lastly, Amtrak Thruway bus service operates routes between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids as well as connecting local stops along the way. All these services provide residents of Cass County with convenient and reliable transit connections across the region.
The typical American commute has been getting longer each year since 2010. The average one-way commute in Cass County takes 25.1 minutes. That's shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
How people in Cass County get to work:
- 83.2% drive their own car alone
- 9.6% carpool with others
- 4.6% work from home
- 0.1% take mass transit