Work & commute · Cherry Grove

Work & commute in Cherry Grove, MI

Most working residents leave Cherry Grove for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (35%), Haring (10%) and Traverse City (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 750 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 701 Cherry Grove residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherry Grove.

701live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherry Grove goes to work

Cadillac5.3 mi away

35%260

Haring8.9 mi away

10%74

Cherry Grove (in town)right here

7%49

Traverse City37.6 mi away

5%35

Clam Lake7.1 mi away

4%27

Kentwood91.8 mi away

1%11

Grand Rapids86.7 mi away

1%10

McBain15.5 mi away

1%9

Garfield35.8 mi away

1%9

Gaylord69.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%258

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

How far

How far Cherry Grove commutes

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

58%

10%

12%

20%

58%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherry Grove is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherry Grove are

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

Jobs based in Cherry Grove

445 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Cherry Grove residents hold

750 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+417%

Jobs based in Cherry Grove, 2011 → 2021: 86 → 445. 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.