Work & commute · Green

Work & commute in Green, MI

Most working residents leave Green for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Big Rapids (22%), Reed City (7%) and Big Rapids (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 1,249 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,209 Green residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green.

1,209live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green goes to work

Big Rapids5 mi away

22%274

Reed City7 mi away

7%92

Big Rapids6.3 mi away

7%90

Grand Rapids56.6 mi away

7%83

Evart14.2 mi away

5%63

Green (in town)right here

3%40

Walker55.1 mi away

2%29

Cascade60.3 mi away

2%20

Richmond5.6 mi away

2%19

Rockford43.9 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%521

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

How far

How far Green commutes

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

42%

12%

34%

42%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Green are

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

Jobs based in Green

191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Green residents hold

1,249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−19%

Jobs based in Green, 2011 → 2021: 236 → 191. 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.