Work & commute · Carp Lake

Work & commute in Carp Lake, MI

Most working residents leave Carp Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (12%), Mackinaw (11%) and Wawatam (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 242 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 239 Carp Lake residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carp Lake.

239live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carp Lake goes to work

Petoskey24.5 mi away

12%30

Mackinaw6.3 mi away

11%27

Wawatam3.4 mi away

9%21

Bear Creek23.7 mi away

5%11

Cheboygan16.3 mi away

4%10

McKinley6.9 mi away

4%9

St. Ignace14.2 mi away

3%8

Harbor Springs19.8 mi away

2%6

Pleasantview13.7 mi away

2%6

Kentwood197.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%110

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

How far

How far Carp Lake commutes

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

25%

35%

10%

30%

25%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carp Lake is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carp Lake are

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

Jobs based in Carp Lake

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Carp Lake residents hold

242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+153%

Jobs based in Carp Lake, 2011 → 2021: 15 → 38. 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.