Work & commute · Excelsior

Work & commute in Excelsior, MI

Most working residents leave Excelsior for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kalkaska (27%), Traverse City (9%) and Garfield (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 322 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 320 Excelsior residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Excelsior.

320live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Excelsior goes to work

Kalkaska8.8 mi away

27%86

Traverse City27.9 mi away

9%30

Garfield29.3 mi away

5%16

Grayling16.5 mi away

2%7

Suttons Bay35 mi away

2%7

Rapid River8.8 mi away

2%6

East Bay23.4 mi away

2%6

Boyne City34.1 mi away

2%5

Gaylord27 mi away

2%5

Petoskey44.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%149

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

How far

How far Excelsior commutes

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

33%

13%

30%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Excelsior is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Excelsior are

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

Jobs based in Excelsior

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Excelsior residents hold

322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+6%

Jobs based in Excelsior, 2011 → 2021: 52 → 55. 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.