Work & commute · Buckley

Work & commute in Buckley, MI

Most working residents leave Buckley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (24%), Garfield (15%) and Cadillac (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 252 Buckley residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckley.

252live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckley goes to work

Traverse City17.9 mi away

24%62

Garfield15.7 mi away

15%40

Cadillac21.2 mi away

5%12

Springville9.5 mi away

5%12

Blair9.4 mi away

4%11

Hanover2.1 mi away

4%10

Green Lake10.8 mi away

2%5

East Bay15.7 mi away

2%5

Suttons Bay34.3 mi away

2%4

Wyoming111.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%96

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

How far

How far Buckley commutes

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

12%

61%

20%

12%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckley are

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

Jobs based in Buckley

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Buckley residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+117%

Jobs based in Buckley, 2011 → 2021: 100 → 217. 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.