Work & commute · Grand Beach

Work & commute in Grand Beach, MI

Most working residents leave Grand Beach for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are New Buffalo (18%), New Buffalo (12%) and Grand Rapids (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 90 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

48%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 90 Grand Beach residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Beach.

90live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Beach goes to work

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

How far

How far Grand Beach commutes

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

41%

12%

13%

33%

41%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Beach is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Beach are

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

Jobs based in Grand Beach

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Grand Beach residents hold

90 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+86%

Jobs based in Grand Beach, 2011 → 2021: 14 → 26. 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.