Work & commute · Charlevoix

Work & commute in Charlevoix, MI

About one in 3 of Charlevoix’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (10%), Charlevoix (8%) and East Jordan (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

242 of 835 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 593 Charlevoix residents head out of town to work, 242 work right here, and 1,598 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlevoix.

593live here, work elsewhere

242live and work here

1,598work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlevoix goes to work

Charlevoix (in town)right here

29%242

Petoskey12.4 mi away

10%83

Charlevoix1.2 mi away

8%63

East Jordan11.6 mi away

3%26

Bear Creek17.3 mi away

3%24

Traverse City42.2 mi away

3%22

Hayes5.3 mi away

2%19

Norwood6 mi away

2%16

Resort11.6 mi away

2%15

Marion4.4 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%310

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

How far

How far Charlevoix commutes

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

43%

28%

21%

43%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlevoix is a job hub

2.20jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlevoix are

1,840 jobs are based in Charlevoix. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charlevoix’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Charlevoix

1,840 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Charlevoix residents hold

835 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+31%

Jobs based in Charlevoix, 2011 → 2021: 1,408 → 1,840. 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.