Work & commute · Boyne Valley

Work & commute in Boyne Valley, MI

Most working residents leave Boyne Valley for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boyne City (17%), Petoskey (11%) and Bear Creek (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

55 of 549 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 494 Boyne Valley residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 1,102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boyne Valley.

494live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

1,102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boyne Valley goes to work

Boyne City8 mi away

17%92

Petoskey16.5 mi away

11%61

Boyne Valley (in town)right here

10%55

Bear Creek14.4 mi away

5%29

East Jordan12.5 mi away

4%24

Gaylord13 mi away

4%22

Charlevoix21.7 mi away

3%17

Melrose6.8 mi away

3%14

Traverse City44.4 mi away

2%13

Charlevoix22.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%210

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

How far

How far Boyne Valley commutes

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

35%

41%

17%

35%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boyne Valley is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Boyne Valley are

1,157 jobs are based in Boyne Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boyne Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boyne Valley

1,157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Boyne Valley residents hold

549 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+543%

Jobs based in Boyne Valley, 2011 → 2021: 180 → 1,157. 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.