Work & commute · Boardman

Work & commute in Boardman, MI

Most working residents leave Boardman for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kalkaska (23%), Traverse City (14%) and Garfield (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 522 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 511 Boardman residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boardman.

511live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boardman goes to work

Kalkaska6.7 mi away

23%119

Traverse City18.3 mi away

14%71

Garfield19 mi away

6%29

Suttons Bay30.3 mi away

3%17

East Bay12.7 mi away

2%12

Boardman (in town)right here

2%11

Cadillac28.8 mi away

2%10

Rapid River12.9 mi away

2%10

Grand Rapids118 mi away

2%8

Kentwood122.8 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%228

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

How far

How far Boardman commutes

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

26%

37%

12%

26%

26%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boardman is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boardman are

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

Jobs based in Boardman

172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Boardman residents hold

522 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−19%

Jobs based in Boardman, 2011 → 2021: 212 → 172. 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.