Work & commute · Assyria

Work & commute in Assyria, MI

Most working residents leave Assyria for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Battle Creek (20%), Hastings (6%) and Grand Rapids (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 740 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 733 Assyria residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Assyria.

733live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Assyria goes to work

Battle Creek13 mi away

20%150

Hastings15.2 mi away

6%46

Grand Rapids43.6 mi away

4%27

Charlotte16.1 mi away

3%23

Emmett13 mi away

3%19

Maple Grove5.4 mi away

2%18

Marshall15.9 mi away

2%17

Rutland17.4 mi away

2%16

Portage30.6 mi away

2%15

Thornapple25.8 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%394

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

How far

How far Assyria commutes

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

18%

40%

24%

19%

18%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Assyria is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Assyria are

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

Jobs based in Assyria

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Assyria residents hold

740 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+238%

Jobs based in Assyria, 2011 → 2021: 8 → 27. 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.