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Work & commute · Custer

Work & commute in Custer, MI

Most working residents leave Custer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kearney (17%), Traverse City (6%) and Mancelona (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
3 of 379 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 376 Custer residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Custer.

376live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
106work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Custer goes to work

East JordanPetoskeyTraverse CityDetroitForest HomeKearneyRapid RiverKalkaskaAcmeCusterHelenaColdspringsGarfieldMancelonaCentral LakeKearneyTraverse CityMancelonaCentral LakeKalkaskaGarfieldEast JordanForest HomeHelenaPetoskeyCuster
1
Kearney7.1 mi away
17%66
2
Traverse City23.8 mi away
6%24
3
Mancelona8.8 mi away
5%18
4
Central Lake13.9 mi away
3%13
5
Kalkaska11.3 mi away
3%12
6
Garfield26.1 mi away
3%11
7
East Jordan18.9 mi away
3%10
8
Forest Home7.8 mi away
3%10
9
Helena5.3 mi away
3%10
10
Petoskey33.2 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%197

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

How far

How far Custer commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Custer is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Custer are

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

Jobs based in Custer

109 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)38%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%
Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Custer residents hold

379 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month50%
+891%

Jobs based in Custer, 2011 → 2021: 11 → 109. 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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