Work & commute · Arcada

Work & commute in Arcada, MI

Most working residents leave Arcada for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Alma (21%), St. Louis (9%) and Ithaca (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 658 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 654 Arcada residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcada.

654live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arcada goes to work

Alma3.8 mi away

21%139

St. Louis6.2 mi away

9%56

Ithaca4.9 mi away

8%51

Mount Pleasant19 mi away

4%28

Pine River6.5 mi away

4%28

Bethany9.4 mi away

3%20

Midland30.1 mi away

3%18

Union18.3 mi away

3%18

Wheeler14.4 mi away

2%12

Lansing43.1 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%277

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

How far

How far Arcada commutes

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

47%

17%

19%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arcada 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 Arcada are

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

Jobs based in Arcada

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Arcada residents hold

658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−43%

Jobs based in Arcada, 2011 → 2021: 151 → 86. 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.