Work & commute · Egelston

Work & commute in Egelston, MI

Most working residents leave Egelston for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Muskegon (18%), Norton Shores (7%) and Muskegon (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

278 of 4,571 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 4,293 Egelston residents head out of town to work, 278 work right here, and 1,047 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Egelston.

4,293live here, work elsewhere

278live and work here

1,047work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Egelston goes to work

Muskegon9 mi away

18%815

Norton Shores9.8 mi away

7%336

Egelston (in town)right here

6%278

Muskegon5.3 mi away

5%227

Spring Lake14.5 mi away

5%208

Grand Rapids29.7 mi away

4%198

Grand Haven15.6 mi away

4%183

Grand Haven18.7 mi away

3%145

Fruitport7.9 mi away

3%134

Whitehall16.3 mi away

2%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,947

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

How far

How far Egelston commutes

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

43%

25%

18%

14%

43%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Egelston is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Egelston are

1,325 jobs are based in Egelston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Egelston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Egelston

1,325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Egelston residents hold

4,571 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+34%

Jobs based in Egelston, 2011 → 2021: 987 → 1,325. 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.