Work & commute · Ferrysburg

Work & commute in Ferrysburg, MI

Most working residents leave Ferrysburg for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Haven (11%), Grand Rapids (8%) and Muskegon (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 1,206 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,173 Ferrysburg residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 692 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ferrysburg.

1,173live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

692work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ferrysburg goes to work

Grand Haven2.3 mi away

11%134

Grand Rapids30.2 mi away

8%99

Muskegon9.7 mi away

7%86

Spring Lake2.2 mi away

7%83

Grand Haven6.5 mi away

5%60

Norton Shores5.6 mi away

5%56

Holland19.9 mi away

4%46

Ferrysburg (in town)right here

3%33

Kentwood35 mi away

2%30

Wyoming29.6 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%550

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

How far

How far Ferrysburg commutes

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

40%

20%

24%

16%

40%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ferrysburg is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ferrysburg are

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

Jobs based in Ferrysburg

725 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Ferrysburg residents hold

1,206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−9%

Jobs based in Ferrysburg, 2011 → 2021: 795 → 725. 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.