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Work & commute · Covert

Work & commute in Covert, MI

Most working residents leave Covert for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are South Haven (9%), Benton (7%) and Kalamazoo (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
32 of 721 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 689 Covert residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Covert.

689live here, work elsewhere
32live and work here
668work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Covert goes to work

BangorSouth HavenHollandKalamazooGrand RapidsPortageByronColumbiaCovertGenevaSt. JosephLincolnSouth HavenCascoBangorBentonColomaHagarSouth HavenBentonKalamazooHollandSouth HavenBangorGrand RapidsPortageByronCovert
1
South Haven8.2 mi away
9%64
2
Benton13.1 mi away
7%47
3
Covert (in town)right here
4%32
4
Kalamazoo35.3 mi away
4%28
5
Holland34.7 mi away
3%25
6
South Haven5.6 mi away
2%16
7
Bangor8.7 mi away
2%15
8
Grand Rapids56.5 mi away
2%15
9
Portage35.7 mi away
2%15
10
Byron46.1 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
62%449

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

How far

How far Covert commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Covert is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Covert are

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

Jobs based in Covert

700 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities79%
Services (health, schools, offices…)19%
$1,250 a month or less4%
$1,251–$3,333 a month9%
Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Covert residents hold

721 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month42%
+117%

Jobs based in Covert, 2011 → 2021: 323 → 700. 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.

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