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Work & commute · Ferris

Work & commute in Ferris, MI

Most working residents leave Ferris for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alma (8%), Mount Pleasant (7%) and Richland (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
12 of 474 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
37 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 462 Ferris residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ferris.

462live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
84work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Ferris goes to work

Carson CityStantonAlmaGreenvilleMount PleasantGrand RapidsLansingSumnerSevilleRichlandDeerfieldFremontBelvidereEvergreenFerrisDayHomeCrystalAlmaMount PleasantRichlandLansingHomeGreenvilleGrand RapidsFremontStantonFerris
1
Alma12.8 mi away
8%39
2
Mount Pleasant19.2 mi away
7%31
3
Richland5.7 mi away
6%29
4
Lansing45.9 mi away
4%21
5
Home10 mi away
4%20
6
Greenville20.9 mi away
3%14
7
Grand Rapids46.1 mi away
3%14
8
Fremont11.9 mi away
3%14
9
Ferris (in town)right here
3%12
10
Stanton9.6 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%270

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

How far

How far Ferris commutes

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

17%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ferris 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 Ferris are

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

Jobs based in Ferris

96 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)55%
Trade, transport & utilities42%
Services (health, schools, offices…)3%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ferris residents hold

474 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+71%

Jobs based in Ferris, 2011 → 2021: 56 → 96. 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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