Work & commute · Cadillac

Work & commute in Cadillac, MI

About one in 3 of Cadillac’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Haring (9%), Traverse City (5%) and Cherry Grove (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

1,389 of 3,567 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 2,178 Cadillac residents head out of town to work, 1,389 work right here, and 5,503 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cadillac.

2,178live here, work elsewhere

1,389live and work here

5,503work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cadillac goes to work

Cadillac (in town)right here

39%1,389

Haring4.2 mi away

9%329

Traverse City36.1 mi away

5%175

Cherry Grove5.3 mi away

4%125

Clam Lake3.7 mi away

3%92

Garfield34.5 mi away

2%78

McBain11.3 mi away

1%46

Kentwood94.4 mi away

1%41

Kalkaska35.5 mi away

1%37

Grand Rapids89.5 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,220

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

How far

How far Cadillac commutes

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

57%

16%

21%

57%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cadillac is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cadillac are

6,892 jobs are based in Cadillac. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cadillac’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cadillac

6,892 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Cadillac residents hold

3,567 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−9%

Jobs based in Cadillac, 2011 → 2021: 7,566 → 6,892. 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.