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Work & commute · Ensley

Work & commute in Ensley, MI

Most working residents leave Ensley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (18%), Wyoming (4%) and Walker (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
13 of 1,135 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,122 Ensley residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ensley.

1,122live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
77work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ensley goes to work

Cedar SpringsRockfordNewaygoGrand HavenWalkerWyomingKentwoodGrand RapidsSolonSpartaLincolnGrantPlainfieldCedar CreekEnsleyCrotonBrooksCascadeReynoldsPiersonGrand RapidsWyomingWalkerNewaygoSpartaPlainfieldCedar SpringsKentwoodCascadeRockfordEnsley
1
Grand Rapids25.5 mi away
18%205
2
Wyoming30.6 mi away
4%49
3
Walker23.9 mi away
4%43
4
Newaygo10.3 mi away
3%38
5
Sparta12.6 mi away
3%37
6
Plainfield17.8 mi away
3%36
7
Cedar Springs8.5 mi away
3%31
8
Kentwood30.9 mi away
3%31
9
Cascade30.7 mi away
3%31
10
Rockford13.9 mi away
2%26
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%608

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

How far

How far Ensley commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
38%10–24 mi
37%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ensley is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ensley are

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

Jobs based in Ensley

90 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)46%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)30%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ensley residents hold

1,135 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month53%
+173%

Jobs based in Ensley, 2011 → 2021: 33 → 90. 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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