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Work & commute · Denver

Work & commute in Denver, MI

Most working residents leave Denver for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chippewa (16%), Mount Pleasant (15%) and Union (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 442 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 438 Denver residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denver.

438live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
59work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Denver goes to work

St. LouisClareAlmaMount PleasantBay CityMidlandLansingFreemanWiseColdwaterChippewaGenevaDenverIsabellaSurreyLeeUnionGrantChippewaMount PleasantUnionMidlandClareAlmaGrantBay CityLansingSt. LouisDenver
1
Chippewa7 mi away
16%71
2
Mount Pleasant8.7 mi away
15%65
3
Union11.1 mi away
10%43
4
Midland22 mi away
6%27
5
Clare10.6 mi away
2%10
6
Alma21.2 mi away
2%10
7
Grant13.6 mi away
2%10
8
Bay City39.3 mi away
1%6
9
Lansing67.7 mi away
1%6
10
St. Louis19.7 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%189

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

How far

How far Denver commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Denver is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Denver are

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

Jobs based in Denver

63 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities32%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Denver residents hold

442 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month45%
+110%

Jobs based in Denver, 2011 → 2021: 30 → 63. 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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