Work & commute · Boon

Work & commute in Boon, MI

Most working residents leave Boon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (14%), Garfield (10%) and Traverse City (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 228 Boon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boon.

228live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boon goes to work

Cadillac10.8 mi away

14%33

Garfield29.8 mi away

10%23

Traverse City31.8 mi away

8%19

Springville8.4 mi away

8%18

Haring11.9 mi away

7%16

South Branch8.6 mi away

6%13

Cherry Grove7.9 mi away

3%7

Grand Rapids92.2 mi away

3%6

Clam Lake14.1 mi away

2%4

Manistee30.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%86

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

How far

How far Boon commutes

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

25%

23%

31%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boon is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boon are

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

Jobs based in Boon

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Boon residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−2%

Jobs based in Boon, 2011 → 2021: 41 → 40. 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.