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Work & commute in Bay, MI

Most working residents leave Bay for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Boyne City (17%), Petoskey (13%) and Charlevoix (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
10 of 439 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 429 Bay residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bay.

429live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
69work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bay goes to work

Harbor SpringsCharlevoixEast JordanBoyne CityPetoskeyTraverse CityEvangelineBear CreekHayesCharlevoixResortLittle TraverseBayBoyne ValleyMelroseBoyne CityPetoskeyCharlevoixBear CreekBoyne ValleyResortCharlevoixEast JordanTraverse CityBay
1
Boyne City6.2 mi away
17%76
2
Petoskey4.9 mi away
13%58
3
Charlevoix10.1 mi away
5%24
4
Bear Creek7.9 mi away
5%21
5
Boyne Valley13.5 mi away
4%17
6
Resort2.6 mi away
4%16
7
Charlevoix11.3 mi away
3%14
8
East Jordan10 mi away
2%10
9
Traverse City46.4 mi away
2%10
10
Bay (in town)right here
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%183

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

How far

How far Bay commutes

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

51%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bay is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bay are

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

Jobs based in Bay

79 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bay residents hold

439 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+84%

Jobs based in Bay, 2011 → 2021: 43 → 79. 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.

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