Work & commute · Grayling

Work & commute in Grayling, MI

About one in 4 of Grayling’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grayling (14%), Traverse City (6%) and Beaver Creek (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

160 of 595 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 435 Grayling residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 1,662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grayling.

435live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

1,662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grayling goes to work

Grayling (in town)right here

27%160

Grayling3.6 mi away

14%83

Traverse City44.3 mi away

6%35

Beaver Creek6.6 mi away

3%18

Gaylord25 mi away

3%16

Roscommon29.8 mi away

2%12

Garfield45.5 mi away

2%10

Higgins18.4 mi away

1%8

Gerrish13.1 mi away

1%8

Kalkaska25.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%238

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

How far

How far Grayling commutes

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

45%

14%

32%

45%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grayling is a job hub

3.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grayling are

1,822 jobs are based in Grayling. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grayling’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grayling

1,822 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Grayling residents hold

595 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+5%

Jobs based in Grayling, 2011 → 2021: 1,731 → 1,822. 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.