Work & commute · Evergreen

Work & commute in Evergreen, MI

Most working residents leave Evergreen for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (8%), Stanton (7%) and Grand Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 1,046 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,017 Evergreen residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 242 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Evergreen.

1,017live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

242work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Evergreen goes to work

Greenville12.7 mi away

8%80

Stanton4.4 mi away

7%76

Grand Rapids37.7 mi away

6%63

Lansing43.5 mi away

5%49

Ionia18.9 mi away

4%39

Evergreen (in town)right here

3%29

Sidney6 mi away

3%28

Bloomer8.5 mi away

2%22

Carson City9.8 mi away

2%19

Kentwood38.3 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%622

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

How far

How far Evergreen commutes

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

20%

25%

36%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Evergreen is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Evergreen are

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

Jobs based in Evergreen

271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Evergreen residents hold

1,046 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+191%

Jobs based in Evergreen, 2011 → 2021: 93 → 271. 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.