Work & commute · Goodwell

Work & commute in Goodwell, MI

Most working residents leave Goodwell for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Big Rapids (11%), Grand Rapids (7%) and Reed City (3%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 174 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 173 Goodwell residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goodwell.

173live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goodwell goes to work

Big Rapids9.5 mi away

11%20

Grand Rapids44.2 mi away

7%12

Reed City19.5 mi away

3%6

White Cloud8.6 mi away

3%5

Kentwood49.5 mi away

3%5

Richmond18.4 mi away

3%5

Fremont19.6 mi away

2%4

Muskegon41.4 mi away

2%4

Big Rapids7.8 mi away

2%4

Rockford32.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%106

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

How far

How far Goodwell commutes

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

15%

26%

34%

25%

15%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goodwell is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goodwell are

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

Jobs based in Goodwell

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Goodwell residents hold

174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−50%

Jobs based in Goodwell, 2011 → 2021: 10 → 5. 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.