Work & commute · Geneva

Work & commute in Geneva, MI

Most working residents leave Geneva for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (24%), Mount Pleasant (9%) and Warren (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 374 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 372 Geneva residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geneva.

372live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geneva goes to work

Midland15.6 mi away

24%88

Mount Pleasant13.7 mi away

9%32

Warren5.9 mi away

5%17

Coleman5.6 mi away

4%16

Clare14.9 mi away

3%13

Union16.2 mi away

3%10

Chippewa9.3 mi away

2%8

Gladwin20.5 mi away

2%7

Bangor32 mi away

2%7

Grant17.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%169

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

How far

How far Geneva commutes

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

14%

54%

22%

14%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geneva is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Geneva are

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

Jobs based in Geneva

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month63%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Geneva residents hold

374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−43%

Jobs based in Geneva, 2011 → 2021: 14 → 8. 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.