Work & commute · Clam Lake

Work & commute in Clam Lake, MI

Most working residents leave Clam Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (37%), Haring (11%) and Traverse City (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 715 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 691 Clam Lake residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 660 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clam Lake.

691live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

660work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clam Lake goes to work

Cadillac3.7 mi away

37%263

Haring6.8 mi away

11%77

Traverse City39.5 mi away

5%34

Clam Lake (in town)right here

3%24

Cherry Grove7.1 mi away

3%20

Grand Rapids87 mi away

2%11

McBain8.4 mi away

1%9

Gaylord66.1 mi away

1%9

Garfield38 mi away

1%9

Manton14.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%252

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

How far

How far Clam Lake commutes

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

57%

13%

21%

57%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clam Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clam Lake are

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

Jobs based in Clam Lake

684 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Clam Lake residents hold

715 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+110%

Jobs based in Clam Lake, 2011 → 2021: 326 → 684. 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.