Work & commute · Chase

Work & commute in Chase, MI

Most working residents leave Chase for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Reed City (12%), Pleasant Plains (7%) and Evart (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 351 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 347 Chase residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chase.

347live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chase goes to work

Reed City6.6 mi away

12%42

Pleasant Plains12.4 mi away

7%25

Evart18.5 mi away

5%18

Grand Rapids61.1 mi away

5%18

Big Rapids12.6 mi away

5%16

Webber13.4 mi away

4%13

Richmond7.1 mi away

3%11

Walker59 mi away

3%10

Big Rapids13.2 mi away

3%10

Cadillac29.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%180

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

How far

How far Chase commutes

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

20%

28%

12%

41%

20%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chase is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chase are

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

Jobs based in Chase

77 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less49%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Chase residents hold

351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+141%

Jobs based in Chase, 2011 → 2021: 32 → 77. 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.