Work & commute · Dover

Work & commute in Dover, MI

Most working residents leave Dover for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (9%), Reed City (8%) and Grand Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 129 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 129 Dover residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dover.

129live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dover goes to work

Cadillac13 mi away

9%11

Reed City18 mi away

8%10

Grand Rapids80 mi away

5%7

Webber16.2 mi away

5%6

Richmond19.6 mi away

4%5

Muskegon69.3 mi away

3%4

Pinora12.9 mi away

3%4

Big Rapids29.9 mi away

2%3

Midland77.4 mi away

2%3

Sauble18.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%73

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

How far

How far Dover commutes

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

11%

42%

11%

36%

11%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dover is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dover are

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

Jobs based in Dover

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Dover residents hold

129 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+200%

Jobs based in Dover, 2011 → 2021: 4 → 12. 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.