Work & commute · Chums Corner

Work & commute in Chums Corner, MI

Most working residents leave Chums Corner for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (34%), Garfield (21%) and East Bay (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 448 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 439 Chums Corner residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 1,038 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chums Corner.

439live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

1,038work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chums Corner goes to work

Traverse City6 mi away

34%153

Garfield3.6 mi away

21%92

East Bay7.3 mi away

4%16

Blair3.9 mi away

3%13

Suttons Bay22.1 mi away

2%8

Grand Rapids118.5 mi away

2%7

Kalkaska22.2 mi away

2%7

Green Lake5.1 mi away

1%6

Long Lake5.2 mi away

1%5

Gaylord53.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%137

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

How far

How far Chums Corner commutes

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

65%

25%

65%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chums Corner is a job hub

2.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chums Corner are

1,047 jobs are based in Chums Corner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chums Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chums Corner

1,047 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Chums Corner residents hold

448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+612%

Jobs based in Chums Corner, 2011 → 2021: 147 → 1,047. 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.