Work & commute · Ganges

Work & commute in Ganges, MI

Most working residents leave Ganges for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Holland (17%), Holland (8%) and Zeeland (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 1,091 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,023 Ganges residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ganges.

1,023live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

281work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ganges goes to work

Holland15.9 mi away

17%182

Holland19.7 mi away

8%87

Zeeland20.4 mi away

7%73

Ganges (in town)right here

6%68

South Haven10.9 mi away

3%35

Douglas6.5 mi away

3%34

Grand Rapids39.3 mi away

3%33

Walker38 mi away

3%30

Saugatuck5.8 mi away

2%21

Fennville5.3 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%508

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

How far

How far Ganges commutes

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

16%

44%

24%

16%

16%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ganges is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ganges are

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

Jobs based in Ganges

349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ganges residents hold

1,091 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+101%

Jobs based in Ganges, 2011 → 2021: 174 → 349. 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.