Work & commute · Coopersville

Work & commute in Coopersville, MI

Most working residents leave Coopersville for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (15%), Walker (7%) and Wyoming (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

248 of 2,119 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,871 Coopersville residents head out of town to work, 248 work right here, and 2,365 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coopersville.

1,871live here, work elsewhere

248live and work here

2,365work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coopersville goes to work

Grand Rapids15.8 mi away

15%323

Coopersville (in town)right here

12%248

Walker10.2 mi away

7%148

Wyoming16.7 mi away

4%80

Kentwood21.3 mi away

4%75

Allendale6.2 mi away

3%64

Muskegon19.7 mi away

3%56

Cascade25.2 mi away

3%55

Zeeland17.8 mi away

2%51

Georgetown11.9 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%970

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

How far

How far Coopersville commutes

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

23%

61%

13%

23%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coopersville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coopersville are

2,613 jobs are based in Coopersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coopersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coopersville

2,613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Coopersville residents hold

2,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+30%

Jobs based in Coopersville, 2011 → 2021: 2,013 → 2,613. 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.