Work & commute · Allendale

Work & commute in Allendale, MI

Most working residents leave Allendale for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (15%), Walker (5%) and Wyoming (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

971 of 8,739 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,768 Allendale residents head out of town to work, 971 work right here, and 5,433 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allendale.

7,768live here, work elsewhere

971live and work here

5,433work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allendale goes to work

Grand Rapids15.4 mi away

15%1,329

Allendale (in town)right here

11%971

Walker10.3 mi away

5%424

Wyoming14.1 mi away

5%419

Zeeland11.6 mi away

4%368

Georgetown7.6 mi away

4%350

Holland12.4 mi away

4%339

Kentwood19.6 mi away

3%256

Grandville11.7 mi away

2%216

Holland16.2 mi away

2%210

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%3,857

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Allendale commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

25%

55%

16%

25%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allendale is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Allendale are

6,404 jobs are based in Allendale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Allendale

6,404 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Allendale residents hold

8,739 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+7%

Jobs based in Allendale, 2011 → 2021: 5,958 → 6,404. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.