Work & commute · Boyne Falls

Work & commute in Boyne Falls, MI

Most working residents leave Boyne Falls for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (17%), Boyne City (15%) and Boyne Valley (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 133 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 130 Boyne Falls residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boyne Falls.

130live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boyne Falls goes to work

Petoskey14.4 mi away

17%22

Boyne City5.7 mi away

15%20

Boyne Valley2.3 mi away

11%14

Gaylord15.3 mi away

5%7

East Jordan10.8 mi away

4%5

Melrose5 mi away

4%5

Traverse City44.2 mi away

3%4

Pleasantview23.1 mi away

3%4

Livingston13.2 mi away

3%4

Charlevoix19.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%45

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

How far

How far Boyne Falls commutes

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

30%

48%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boyne Falls is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boyne Falls are

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

Jobs based in Boyne Falls

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Boyne Falls residents hold

133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+109%

Jobs based in Boyne Falls, 2011 → 2021: 46 → 96. 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.