Work & commute · Butterfield

Work & commute in Butterfield, MI

Most working residents leave Butterfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Clam Union (19%), Cadillac (13%) and McBain (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 189 Butterfield residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butterfield.

189live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butterfield goes to work

Clam Union8.6 mi away

19%36

Cadillac25.7 mi away

13%25

McBain16.6 mi away

6%12

Aetna6.2 mi away

6%12

Lake City14.3 mi away

5%10

Riverside12.7 mi away

5%9

Lake18.1 mi away

4%8

Haring23.7 mi away

4%7

Traverse City45.6 mi away

3%5

Roscommon10.2 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%63

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

How far

How far Butterfield commutes

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

30%

46%

16%

30%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butterfield is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Butterfield are

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

Jobs based in Butterfield

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Butterfield residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−45%

Jobs based in Butterfield, 2011 → 2021: 53 → 29. 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.