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Work & commute · Bethany

Work & commute in Bethany, MI

Most working residents leave Bethany for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alma (18%), St. Louis (10%) and Ithaca (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
20 of 639 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 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 619 Bethany residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 470 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethany.

619live here, work elsewhere
20live and work here
470work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bethany goes to work

St. LouisIthacaAlmaMount PleasantMidlandLansingBethanyWheelerSumnerEmersonChippewaCoePine RiverJasperUnionArcadaAlmaSt. LouisIthacaMount PleasantMidlandPine RiverLansingChippewaUnionBethany
1
Alma6.2 mi away
18%114
2
St. Louis3.6 mi away
10%62
3
Ithaca9.7 mi away
7%42
4
Mount Pleasant16.6 mi away
4%25
5
Midland20.8 mi away
3%22
6
Pine River6.5 mi away
3%22
7
Bethany (in town)right here
3%20
8
Lansing49.2 mi away
3%17
9
Chippewa12.7 mi away
3%17
10
Union17.2 mi away
3%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%281

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

How far

How far Bethany commutes

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

42%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bethany is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethany are

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

Jobs based in Bethany

490 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities59%
Services (health, schools, offices…)6%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bethany residents hold

639 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−35%

Jobs based in Bethany, 2011 → 2021: 756 → 490. 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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