Work & commute · Almira

Work & commute in Almira, MI

Most working residents leave Almira for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (32%), Garfield (13%) and Green Lake (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 1,563 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,512 Almira residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Almira.

1,512live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Almira goes to work

Traverse City14 mi away

32%495

Garfield12.5 mi away

13%210

Almira (in town)right here

3%51

Green Lake9.3 mi away

3%45

Blair15.4 mi away

2%39

Benzonia12.6 mi away

2%35

Grand Rapids123.4 mi away

2%33

Frankfort18.4 mi away

2%32

East Bay18.7 mi away

2%31

Glen Arbor21.3 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%565

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

How far

How far Almira commutes

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

25%

49%

22%

25%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Almira is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Almira are

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

Jobs based in Almira

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Almira residents hold

1,563 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+96%

Jobs based in Almira, 2011 → 2021: 102 → 200. 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.