Work & commute · Fairplain

Work & commute in Fairplain, MI

Most working residents leave Fairplain for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (14%), Grand Rapids (9%) and Stanton (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 689 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 680 Fairplain residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairplain.

680live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairplain goes to work

Greenville6.4 mi away

14%98

Grand Rapids29.7 mi away

9%61

Stanton9.9 mi away

4%31

Ionia12.7 mi away

4%29

Lansing42 mi away

3%21

Eureka6.2 mi away

3%21

Wyoming34.3 mi away

2%17

Belding6.5 mi away

2%16

Rockford21.4 mi away

2%13

Walker33.4 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%369

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

How far

How far Fairplain commutes

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

29%

19%

35%

17%

29%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairplain is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairplain are

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

Jobs based in Fairplain

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Fairplain residents hold

689 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+14%

Jobs based in Fairplain, 2011 → 2021: 123 → 140. 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.