Work & commute · Fife Lake

Work & commute in Fife Lake, MI

Most working residents leave Fife Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (35%), Garfield (11%) and Green Lake (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 194 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 194 Fife Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fife Lake.

194live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fife Lake goes to work

Traverse City17.6 mi away

35%67

Garfield17.4 mi away

11%22

Green Lake20.5 mi away

4%8

Kalkaska12.9 mi away

3%6

Elmwood23.1 mi away

3%5

Whitewater13 mi away

3%5

Blair13.7 mi away

3%5

Cadillac23.1 mi away

2%4

Paradise7.5 mi away

2%4

East Bay11.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%64

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

How far

How far Fife Lake commutes

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

74%

18%

4%Under 10 mi

74%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fife Lake is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fife Lake are

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

Jobs based in Fife Lake

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Fife Lake residents hold

194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+156%

Jobs based in Fife Lake, 2011 → 2021: 18 → 46. 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.