Work & commute · Filer

Work & commute in Filer, MI

Most working residents leave Filer for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Manistee (22%), Manistee (16%) and Stronach (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 775 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 724 Filer residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 388 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Filer.

724live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

388work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Filer goes to work

Manistee6.9 mi away

22%170

Manistee3.3 mi away

16%122

Stronach8 mi away

7%54

Filer (in town)right here

7%51

Ludington17.8 mi away

3%22

Traverse City52 mi away

2%17

Pere Marquette19.2 mi away

2%16

Bear Lake15.6 mi away

2%12

Cadillac43.8 mi away

1%11

Grand Rapids91.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%291

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

How far

How far Filer commutes

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

52%

12%

30%

52%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Filer is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Filer are

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

Jobs based in Filer

439 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Filer residents hold

775 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−69%

Jobs based in Filer, 2011 → 2021: 1,422 → 439. 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.