Work & commute · Glen Arbor

Work & commute in Glen Arbor, MI

About one in 5 of Glen Arbor’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (14%), Garfield (6%) and Empire (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

48 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 185 Glen Arbor residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 479 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Arbor.

185live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

479work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Arbor goes to work

Glen Arbor (in town)right here

21%48

Traverse City29.9 mi away

14%32

Garfield30 mi away

6%15

Empire14 mi away

6%13

Kasson16.4 mi away

5%12

Leland10.4 mi away

3%8

Suttons Bay22.5 mi away

2%5

Frankfort26.7 mi away

2%4

Long Lake26.6 mi away

2%4

East Bay35.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%88

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

How far

How far Glen Arbor commutes

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

32%

35%

31%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen Arbor is a job hub

2.26jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Arbor are

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

Jobs based in Glen Arbor

527 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Glen Arbor residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+102%

Jobs based in Glen Arbor, 2011 → 2021: 261 → 527. 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.