Work & commute · East Jordan

Work & commute in East Jordan, MI

About one in 4 of East Jordan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charlevoix (8%), Boyne City (8%) and South Arm (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

217 of 888 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 671 East Jordan residents head out of town to work, 217 work right here, and 1,219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Jordan.

671live here, work elsewhere

217live and work here

1,219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Jordan goes to work

East Jordan (in town)right here

24%217

Charlevoix11.6 mi away

8%70

Boyne City6.7 mi away

8%69

South Arm1.5 mi away

6%50

Petoskey14.9 mi away

4%39

Boyne Valley12.5 mi away

3%31

Charlevoix12.2 mi away

2%21

Traverse City36.6 mi away

2%19

Gaylord24.4 mi away

2%16

Garfield39.1 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%342

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

How far

How far East Jordan commutes

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

44%

27%

23%

44%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Jordan is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in East Jordan are

1,436 jobs are based in East Jordan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Jordan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Jordan

1,436 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs East Jordan residents hold

888 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+9%

Jobs based in East Jordan, 2011 → 2021: 1,321 → 1,436. 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.