Work & commute · Bliss

Work & commute in Bliss, MI

Most working residents leave Bliss for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mackinaw (14%), Cheboygan (9%) and Wawatam (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 171 Bliss residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bliss.

171live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bliss goes to work

Mackinaw11.2 mi away

14%24

Cheboygan22.1 mi away

9%15

Wawatam7.1 mi away

7%13

Little Traverse17.8 mi away

6%11

Harbor Springs18.6 mi away

5%8

St. Ignace16 mi away

5%8

Petoskey23.4 mi away

4%7

Bear Creek23.8 mi away

3%6

Bliss (in town)right here

3%5

Traverse City73.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%75

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

How far

How far Bliss commutes

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

15%

55%

24%

15%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bliss is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bliss are

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

Jobs based in Bliss

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bliss residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+333%

Jobs based in Bliss, 2011 → 2021: 6 → 26. 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.