Work & commute · Blendon

Work & commute in Blendon, MI

Most working residents leave Blendon for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (9%), Zeeland (8%) and Holland (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

235 of 3,593 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,358 Blendon residents head out of town to work, 235 work right here, and 1,876 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blendon.

3,358live here, work elsewhere

235live and work here

1,876work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blendon goes to work

Grand Rapids16.5 mi away

9%329

Zeeland6 mi away

8%281

Holland7.5 mi away

8%278

Georgetown6.3 mi away

8%272

Holland11 mi away

7%246

Blendon (in town)right here

7%235

Wyoming13.2 mi away

6%199

Hudsonville5.6 mi away

5%169

Grandville11 mi away

4%141

Zeeland5.7 mi away

3%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,321

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

How far

How far Blendon commutes

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

46%

40%

10%

46%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blendon is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blendon are

2,111 jobs are based in Blendon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blendon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blendon

2,111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Blendon residents hold

3,593 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+8%

Jobs based in Blendon, 2011 → 2021: 1,949 → 2,111. 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.