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Work & commute · Ellis

Work & commute in Ellis, MI

Most working residents leave Ellis for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (7%), Tuscarora (6%) and Gaylord (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 204 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 204 Ellis residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellis.

204live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
32work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ellis goes to work

Harbor SpringsBoyne CityGaylordPetoskeyCheboyganDoverWalkerWilmotTuscaroraBagleyBentonBear CreekMentorEllisInvernessKoehlerNundaYpsilantiLittle TraversePetoskeyTuscaroraGaylordBear CreekMentorWalkerCheboyganYpsilantiLittle TraverseBoyne CityEllis
1
Petoskey22.5 mi away
7%14
2
Tuscarora7 mi away
6%12
3
Gaylord23.2 mi away
5%10
4
Bear Creek17.2 mi away
5%10
5
Mentor5.8 mi away
5%10
6
Walker6.8 mi away
4%8
7
Cheboygan21.1 mi away
3%7
8
Ypsilanti221.3 mi away
2%5
9
Little Traverse18.7 mi away
2%5
10
Boyne City24.2 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%120

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

How far

How far Ellis commutes

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

18%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
37%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ellis is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellis are

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

Jobs based in Ellis

32 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)91%
$1,250 a month or less44%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ellis residents hold

204 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%
Over $3,333 a month42%
+540%

Jobs based in Ellis, 2011 → 2021: 5 → 32. 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.

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