Work & commute · Carson

Work & commute in Carson, MI

Most working residents leave Carson for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (8%), Ionia (5%) and Lansing (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 292 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 278 Carson residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 643 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carson.

278live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

643work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carson goes to work

Greenville20.6 mi away

8%23

Carson City (in town)right here

5%14

Ionia18.3 mi away

5%14

Lansing35.3 mi away

4%12

Bloomer3 mi away

3%10

Grand Rapids43.6 mi away

3%8

Stanton14.1 mi away

2%7

Wyoming47.9 mi away

2%7

Fulton9.2 mi away

2%5

Delta32.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%187

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

How far

How far Carson commutes

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

14%

30%

29%

27%

14%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carson is a job hub

2.25jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carson are

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

Jobs based in Carson

657 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Carson residents hold

292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+66%

Jobs based in Carson, 2011 → 2021: 396 → 657. 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.