Work & commute · Cedar

Work & commute in Cedar, MI

Most working residents leave Cedar for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Reed City (15%), Big Rapids (8%) and Cadillac (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 170 Cedar residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar.

170live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar goes to work

Reed City7.8 mi away

15%25

Big Rapids17.9 mi away

8%13

Cadillac20.5 mi away

8%13

Grand Rapids69.6 mi away

6%11

Richmond8.4 mi away

3%6

Rose Lake5.1 mi away

3%6

Le Roy7.6 mi away

3%6

Evart7.1 mi away

2%4

Hersey6.6 mi away

2%4

Walker68.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%81

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

How far

How far Cedar commutes

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

33%

26%

38%

33%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar are

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

Jobs based in Cedar

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month73%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Cedar residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+83%

Jobs based in Cedar, 2011 → 2021: 6 → 11. 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.