Work & commute · Coldsprings

Work & commute in Coldsprings, MI

Most working residents leave Coldsprings for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kalkaska (17%), Traverse City (12%) and Garfield (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 511 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 508 Coldsprings residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coldsprings.

508live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coldsprings goes to work

Kalkaska10.3 mi away

17%88

Traverse City28.2 mi away

12%60

Garfield30 mi away

6%31

Kearney13.8 mi away

3%16

Suttons Bay32.1 mi away

3%15

Mancelona6.3 mi away

3%13

Boyne City27.8 mi away

2%9

Gaylord22.4 mi away

2%9

Acme21.1 mi away

2%9

Boyne Valley24.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%252

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

How far

How far Coldsprings commutes

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

17%

28%

33%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coldsprings is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coldsprings are

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

Jobs based in Coldsprings

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Coldsprings residents hold

511 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+31%

Jobs based in Coldsprings, 2011 → 2021: 13 → 17. 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.