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Work & commute · Beulah

Work & commute in Beulah, MI

Most working residents leave Beulah for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Frankfort (13%), Traverse City (13%) and Benzonia (13%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
3 of 75 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
13 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 72 Beulah residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beulah.

72live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
225work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Beulah goes to work

BeulahBenzoniaFrankfortTraverse CityLansingJoyfieldBlaineAlmiraBenzoniaElmwoodGlen ArborColfaxCrystal LakeHomesteadGarfieldWeldonInlandFrankfortTraverse CityBenzoniaHomesteadLansingJoyfieldElmwoodGlen ArborGarfieldWeldonBeulah
1
Frankfort6.5 mi away
13%10
2
Traverse City25.9 mi away
13%10
3
Benzonia2.2 mi away
13%10
4
Homestead6 mi away
4%3
5
Lansing152.9 mi away
3%2
6
Joyfield6 mi away
3%2
7
Elmwood25.7 mi away
3%2
8
Glen Arbor26.5 mi away
3%2
9
Garfield23.9 mi away
3%2
10
Weldon6.6 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%30

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

How far

How far Beulah commutes

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

37%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Beulah is a job hub

3.04jobs per working resident
A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Beulah are

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

Jobs based in Beulah

228 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)88%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Beulah residents hold

75 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+262%

Jobs based in Beulah, 2011 → 2021: 63 → 228. 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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