Work & commute · Cascade

Work & commute in Cascade, MI

Most working residents leave Cascade for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (25%), Kentwood (9%) and Ada (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,122 of 8,050 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,928 Cascade residents head out of town to work, 1,122 work right here, and 30,679 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cascade.

6,928live here, work elsewhere

1,122live and work here

30,679work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cascade goes to work

Grand Rapids9.4 mi away

25%1,986

Cascade (in town)right here

14%1,122

Kentwood5.2 mi away

9%741

Ada5.8 mi away

4%357

Wyoming10.9 mi away

4%353

Grand Rapids7.8 mi away

3%259

Walker15 mi away

2%199

Caledonia7.1 mi away

2%148

Grandville13.2 mi away

1%112

Plainfield13.5 mi away

1%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,661

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

How far

How far Cascade commutes

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

56%

22%

15%

56%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cascade is a job hub

3.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cascade are

31,801 jobs are based in Cascade. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cascade’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cascade

31,801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Cascade residents hold

8,050 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+36%

Jobs based in Cascade, 2011 → 2021: 23,306 → 31,801. 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.