Work & commute · Eureka

Work & commute in Eureka, MI

Most working residents leave Eureka for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (18%), Grand Rapids (14%) and Kentwood (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 1,602 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,556 Eureka residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 988 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eureka.

1,556live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

988work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eureka goes to work

Greenville1.6 mi away

18%288

Grand Rapids24.3 mi away

14%223

Kentwood25.3 mi away

3%50

Cascade21.4 mi away

3%47

Eureka (in town)right here

3%46

Belding4.2 mi away

3%43

Lansing46.5 mi away

2%37

Rockford15.2 mi away

2%35

Wyoming29.3 mi away

2%35

Ionia15.3 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%765

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

How far

How far Eureka commutes

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

28%

35%

21%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eureka is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eureka are

1,034 jobs are based in Eureka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eureka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eureka

1,034 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Eureka residents hold

1,602 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+56%

Jobs based in Eureka, 2011 → 2021: 663 → 1,034. 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.