Work & commute · Crockery

Work & commute in Crockery, MI

Most working residents leave Crockery for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Haven (9%), Grand Rapids (8%) and Spring Lake (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

94 of 2,081 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 1,987 Crockery residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 640 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crockery.

1,987live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

640work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crockery goes to work

Grand Haven6.9 mi away

9%182

Grand Rapids23.4 mi away

8%173

Spring Lake5.6 mi away

8%164

Muskegon13.2 mi away

8%157

Crockery (in town)right here

5%94

Norton Shores9.6 mi away

4%92

Grand Haven7.7 mi away

4%74

Fruitport5.4 mi away

3%68

Kentwood28.5 mi away

3%64

Walker17.7 mi away

3%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%951

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

How far

How far Crockery commutes

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

38%

34%

15%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crockery is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crockery are

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

Jobs based in Crockery

734 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Crockery residents hold

2,081 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+53%

Jobs based in Crockery, 2011 → 2021: 479 → 734. 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.