Work & commute · Fruitport

Work & commute in Fruitport, MI

Most working residents leave Fruitport for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Muskegon (16%), Norton Shores (9%) and Grand Haven (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

445 of 6,389 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 5,944 Fruitport residents head out of town to work, 445 work right here, and 2,882 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fruitport.

5,944live here, work elsewhere

445live and work here

2,882work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fruitport goes to work

Muskegon8 mi away

16%999

Norton Shores5 mi away

9%586

Fruitport (in town)right here

7%445

Grand Haven7.7 mi away

6%376

Spring Lake6.6 mi away

5%349

Grand Rapids27.7 mi away

5%346

Grand Haven10.8 mi away

3%198

Muskegon7.8 mi away

3%169

Walker22 mi away

2%136

Holland26.5 mi away

2%133

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%2,652

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

How far

How far Fruitport commutes

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

52%

15%

19%

13%

52%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fruitport is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fruitport are

3,327 jobs are based in Fruitport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fruitport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fruitport

3,327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Fruitport residents hold

6,389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+43%

Jobs based in Fruitport, 2011 → 2021: 2,319 → 3,327. 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.