Every workday, about 220 people come to Bay View for work
Most working residents leave Bay View for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (23%), Bear Creek (15%) and Traverse City (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.
What kind of work town is Bay View?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Working from home in Bay View
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Bay View workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Bay View nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Bay View on a workday afternoon, 96% more than live here.
3.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
38% of Bay View works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Petoskey (23%). Darker towns draw more of Bay View’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Where Bay View’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Bay View clocks in
23% of workers
15% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Bay View commutes less than 8 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
What the 219 jobs in Bay View are
219 jobs are based in Bay View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bay View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bay View, 2011 → 2021: 201 → 219. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Bay View
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bay View, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.