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Work & commute · Beaver Creek

Work & commute in Beaver Creek, MI

Most working residents leave Beaver Creek for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Grayling (14%), Grayling (10%) and Higgins (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
34 of 430 working residents
Typical commute
29 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 396 Beaver Creek residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaver Creek.

396live here, work elsewhere
34live and work here
306work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Beaver Creek goes to work

GraylingGaylordTraverse CityGrand RapidsDetroitHigginsGerrishSouth BranchRoscommonLyonMarkeyBeaver CreekGraylingGarfieldDentonGraylingGraylingHigginsTraverse CityGerrishGaylordGrand RapidsDetroitRoscommonBeaver Creek
1
Grayling6.6 mi away
14%62
2
Grayling8.9 mi away
10%42
3
Beaver Creek (in town)right here
8%34
4
Higgins12.9 mi away
5%22
5
Traverse City45.3 mi away
5%20
6
Gerrish6.8 mi away
3%14
7
Gaylord31.6 mi away
2%10
8
Grand Rapids120 mi away
2%7
9
Detroit171.1 mi away
2%7
10
Roscommon23.2 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%206

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

How far

How far Beaver Creek commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
35%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Beaver Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaver Creek are

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

Jobs based in Beaver Creek

340 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)47%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)33%
$1,250 a month or less5%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Beaver Creek residents hold

430 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month48%
+542%

Jobs based in Beaver Creek, 2011 → 2021: 53 → 340. 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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