Work & commute · Goodar

Work & commute in Goodar, MI

Most working residents leave Goodar for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are West Branch (6%), Rose (6%) and Rose City (5%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 95 working residents

Typical commute

52 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 93 Goodar residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goodar.

93live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goodar goes to work

West Branch19.8 mi away

6%6

Rose6.8 mi away

6%6

Rose City9 mi away

5%5

West Branch16.3 mi away

5%5

Novi139.8 mi away

3%3

Roscommon43.1 mi away

3%3

Cumming8.7 mi away

3%3

Gladwin43.1 mi away

2%2

Bangor56.8 mi away

2%2

Bagley49 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%58

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

How far

How far Goodar commutes

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

11%

27%

11%

52%

11%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goodar is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goodar are

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

Jobs based in Goodar

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Goodar residents hold

95 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+400%

Jobs based in Goodar, 2011 → 2021: 9 → 45. 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.