Work & commute · Douglas

Work & commute in Douglas, MI

Most working residents leave Douglas for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Holland (13%), Holland (7%) and Grand Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 507 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 459 Douglas residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 532 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Douglas.

459live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

532work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Douglas goes to work

Holland10.5 mi away

13%68

Douglas (in town)right here

9%48

Holland14.2 mi away

7%34

Grand Rapids35.8 mi away

5%24

Saugatuck1.5 mi away

5%23

Saugatuck1.9 mi away

4%22

Zeeland15.6 mi away

3%15

South Haven16.7 mi away

2%12

Allegan20.2 mi away

2%10

Kalamazoo40.3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%242

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

How far

How far Douglas commutes

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

25%

31%

25%

18%

25%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Douglas is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Douglas are

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

Jobs based in Douglas

580 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Douglas residents hold

507 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+16%

Jobs based in Douglas, 2011 → 2021: 502 → 580. 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.