Work & commute · Dorr

Work & commute in Dorr, MI

Most working residents leave Dorr for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (13%), Wyoming (12%) and Byron (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

285 of 3,814 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 3,529 Dorr residents head out of town to work, 285 work right here, and 1,371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dorr.

3,529live here, work elsewhere

285live and work here

1,371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dorr goes to work

Grand Rapids16.7 mi away

13%507

Wyoming11.5 mi away

12%465

Byron6 mi away

8%290

Dorr (in town)right here

7%285

Kentwood12.9 mi away

5%195

Cascade16.8 mi away

3%123

Grandville12.2 mi away

3%99

Wayland5.4 mi away

2%92

Holland19.3 mi away

2%72

Gaines8.1 mi away

2%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,615

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

How far

How far Dorr commutes

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

30%

49%

13%

30%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dorr is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dorr are

1,656 jobs are based in Dorr. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dorr’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dorr

1,656 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Dorr residents hold

3,814 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+102%

Jobs based in Dorr, 2011 → 2021: 820 → 1,656. 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.