Work & commute · Cedar Springs

Work & commute in Cedar Springs, MI

Most working residents leave Cedar Springs for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (19%), Walker (5%) and Plainfield (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 1,510 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,412 Cedar Springs residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 1,964 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar Springs.

1,412live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

1,964work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar Springs goes to work

Grand Rapids18.6 mi away

19%287

Cedar Springs (in town)right here

6%98

Walker18.5 mi away

5%78

Plainfield10.5 mi away

5%72

Wyoming24.1 mi away

5%69

Kentwood23.3 mi away

4%62

Rockford5.8 mi away

3%50

Cascade22.5 mi away

3%50

Sparta9.6 mi away

3%42

Alpine13.4 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%674

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

How far

How far Cedar Springs commutes

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

16%

52%

12%

20%

16%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar Springs is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar Springs are

2,062 jobs are based in Cedar Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cedar Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cedar Springs

2,062 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Cedar Springs residents hold

1,510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+17%

Jobs based in Cedar Springs, 2011 → 2021: 1,755 → 2,062. 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.