Work & commute · Chestonia

Work & commute in Chestonia, MI

Most working residents leave Chestonia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are East Jordan (15%), Boyne City (8%) and Kearney (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 172 Chestonia residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chestonia.

172live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chestonia goes to work

East Jordan12.9 mi away

15%26

Boyne City15 mi away

8%13

Kearney5.1 mi away

6%10

Petoskey25.5 mi away

4%7

Gaylord17.2 mi away

3%6

Boyne Valley12.6 mi away

3%6

Charlevoix25 mi away

3%5

Elmwood32.8 mi away

2%4

Kalkaska20 mi away

2%4

Charlevoix24.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%88

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

How far

How far Chestonia commutes

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

47%

21%

26%

7%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chestonia is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chestonia are

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

Jobs based in Chestonia

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Chestonia residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+136%

Jobs based in Chestonia, 2011 → 2021: 11 → 26. 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.