Work & commute · Casco

Work & commute in Casco, MI

Most working residents leave Casco for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are South Haven (16%), Holland (7%) and Grand Rapids (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64 of 1,042 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 978 Casco residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Casco.

978live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Casco goes to work

South Haven5.4 mi away

16%169

Holland21.9 mi away

7%68

Casco (in town)right here

6%64

Grand Rapids44.3 mi away

4%43

Holland25.7 mi away

4%39

Zeeland26.2 mi away

3%28

Kalamazoo33.6 mi away

3%27

South Haven7.3 mi away

2%25

Allegan18.9 mi away

2%20

Kentwood42.5 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%539

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

How far

How far Casco commutes

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

29%

20%

29%

22%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Casco is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Casco are

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

Jobs based in Casco

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Casco residents hold

1,042 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+16%

Jobs based in Casco, 2011 → 2021: 302 → 351. 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.