Work & commute · Cannon

Work & commute in Cannon, MI

Most working residents leave Cannon for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (25%), Plainfield (6%) and Kentwood (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

237 of 6,151 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,914 Cannon residents head out of town to work, 237 work right here, and 1,091 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cannon.

5,914live here, work elsewhere

237live and work here

1,091work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cannon goes to work

Grand Rapids11.5 mi away

25%1,514

Plainfield6.2 mi away

6%362

Kentwood14.1 mi away

5%336

Cascade12.2 mi away

5%328

Rockford5.4 mi away

5%317

Wyoming16.8 mi away

4%271

Cannon (in town)right here

4%237

Walker14.6 mi away

3%202

Grand Rapids7.1 mi away

3%177

Ada6.4 mi away

3%160

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,247

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

How far

How far Cannon commutes

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

29%

49%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cannon is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cannon are

1,328 jobs are based in Cannon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cannon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cannon

1,328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Cannon residents hold

6,151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3%

Jobs based in Cannon, 2011 → 2021: 1,291 → 1,328. 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.