Work & commute · Frankfort

Work & commute in Frankfort, MI

About one in 4 of Frankfort’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Benzonia (10%), Traverse City (8%) and Gilmore (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

106 of 388 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 282 Frankfort residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 758 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frankfort.

282live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

758work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frankfort goes to work

Frankfort (in town)right here

27%106

Benzonia5.9 mi away

10%40

Traverse City31.9 mi away

8%31

Gilmore3.4 mi away

5%20

Crystal Lake2.2 mi away

3%12

Manistee27.5 mi away

2%9

Garfield30 mi away

2%8

Homestead12.3 mi away

2%7

Joyfield9.5 mi away

2%6

Detroit221 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%145

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

How far

How far Frankfort commutes

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

48%

17%

29%

48%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frankfort is a job hub

2.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Frankfort are

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

Jobs based in Frankfort

864 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Frankfort residents hold

388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+64%

Jobs based in Frankfort, 2011 → 2021: 527 → 864. 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.