Work & commute · Ellsworth

Work & commute in Ellsworth, MI

Most working residents leave Ellsworth for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (10%), Grand Rapids (8%) and Reed City (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 227 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 224 Ellsworth residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellsworth.

224live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellsworth goes to work

Cadillac17.8 mi away

10%23

Grand Rapids73.6 mi away

8%18

Reed City11.9 mi away

6%14

Le Roy5.9 mi away

4%9

Evart19.4 mi away

3%7

Big Rapids23.6 mi away

3%6

Walker71.4 mi away

3%6

Richmond13.6 mi away

3%6

Sherman13.7 mi away

3%6

Webber12.8 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%126

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

How far

How far Ellsworth commutes

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

40%

10%

41%

9%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellsworth is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellsworth are

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

Jobs based in Ellsworth

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Ellsworth residents hold

227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−78%

Jobs based in Ellsworth, 2011 → 2021: 78 → 17. 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.