Work & commute · Free Soil

Work & commute in Free Soil, MI

Most working residents leave Free Soil for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ludington (8%), Pere Marquette (7%) and Grand Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 339 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 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 333 Free Soil residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Free Soil.

333live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Free Soil goes to work

Ludington16.5 mi away

8%26

Pere Marquette17.2 mi away

7%25

Grand Rapids85.3 mi away

6%20

Manistee11 mi away

6%20

Manistee9.9 mi away

4%13

Sherman6.1 mi away

3%10

Amber13.5 mi away

2%8

Stronach6.1 mi away

2%8

Scottville12.7 mi away

2%7

Wyoming89.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%196

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

How far

How far Free Soil commutes

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

18%

32%

42%

18%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Free Soil is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Free Soil are

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

Jobs based in Free Soil

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Free Soil residents hold

339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−52%

Jobs based in Free Soil, 2011 → 2021: 145 → 70. 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.