99% of Casnovia’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Casnovia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Walker (7%), Grand Rapids (7%) and Tyrone Township (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Day and night
Casnovia quiets down on a workday
On a workday 122 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
122live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
58work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night380
Workday310
380live here− 120head out to work+ 58come in to work= 310on a workday
About 310 people are in Casnovia on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
Job hub or commuter town?
0.48 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
How far
Half of Casnovia commutes less than 19 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
CasnoviaTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%
54%
15%
12%
20%Under 10 mi24 residents
54%10–24 mi66 residents
15%25–50 mi18 residents
12%Over 50 mi15 residents
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
The jobs
Casnovia makes things: 49% of its jobs are in goods
59 jobs are based in Casnovia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Casnovia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Jobs based in CasnoviaJobs Casnovia residents hold
What kind of work
Goods: factories, building, farms49%37%
Trade, transport & utilities25%18%
Services: health, schools, offices25%45%
What it pays
$1,250 a month or less27%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%39%
Over $3,333 a month42%48%
Who does it
29 or younger15%31%
30 to 5463%47%
55 and older22%22%
+136%
Jobs based in Casnovia, 2011 → 2021: 25 → 59. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Time on the road
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A year of commuting
166 hours
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
Casnovia22 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%
of Casnovia workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
About 1 in 10
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Every worker, home to work. The 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.
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Where the employer says. A 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.
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Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
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Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.