Work & commute · Georgetown

Work & commute in Georgetown, MI

Most working residents leave Georgetown for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (18%), Wyoming (9%) and Grandville (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

2,393 of 24,164 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 21,771 Georgetown residents head out of town to work, 2,393 work right here, and 8,061 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Georgetown.

21,771live here, work elsewhere

2,393live and work here

8,061work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Georgetown goes to work

Grand Rapids10.3 mi away

18%4,266

Georgetown (in town)right here

10%2,393

Wyoming7.1 mi away

9%2,092

Grandville4.7 mi away

5%1,176

Kentwood12.8 mi away

4%1,085

Hudsonville3.3 mi away

4%940

Zeeland10.7 mi away

4%850

Walker7.7 mi away

3%787

Holland16 mi away

3%785

Holland13.1 mi away

3%698

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%9,092

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

How far

How far Georgetown commutes

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

45%

40%

12%

45%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Georgetown is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Georgetown are

10,454 jobs are based in Georgetown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Georgetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Georgetown

10,454 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Georgetown residents hold

24,164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+35%

Jobs based in Georgetown, 2011 → 2021: 7,762 → 10,454. 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.