Work & commute · Ellsworth

Work & commute in Ellsworth, MI

Most working residents leave Ellsworth for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Banks (15%), Charlevoix (6%) and Traverse City (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 115 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 107 Ellsworth residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellsworth.

107live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellsworth goes to work

Banks3 mi away

15%17

Charlevoix10.1 mi away

6%7

Traverse City33.5 mi away

6%7

East Jordan5.3 mi away

4%5

Kearney12.9 mi away

4%5

Central Lake6.4 mi away

4%5

Charlevoix10.2 mi away

3%4

Sault Ste. Marie99.7 mi away

3%3

South Arm3.8 mi away

3%3

Garfield36 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%56

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.

34%

21%

14%

31%

34%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellsworth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellsworth are

137 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

137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ellsworth residents hold

115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+101%

Jobs based in Ellsworth, 2011 → 2021: 68 → 137. 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.