Work & commute · Green Lake

Work & commute in Green Lake, MI

Most working residents leave Green Lake for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (35%), Garfield (17%) and Blair (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

176 of 2,789 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,613 Green Lake residents head out of town to work, 176 work right here, and 1,145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Lake.

2,613live here, work elsewhere

176live and work here

1,145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Lake goes to work

Traverse City10.5 mi away

35%989

Garfield8 mi away

17%485

Green Lake (in town)right here

6%176

Blair6.8 mi away

3%75

East Bay12.3 mi away

3%70

Long Lake4.8 mi away

2%68

Grand Rapids116.5 mi away

2%50

Elmwood13.3 mi away

1%37

Suttons Bay24.8 mi away

1%29

Benzonia17.9 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%788

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

How far

How far Green Lake commutes

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

39%

36%

21%

39%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Lake 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 Green Lake are

1,321 jobs are based in Green Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green Lake

1,321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Green Lake residents hold

2,789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+9%

Jobs based in Green Lake, 2011 → 2021: 1,212 → 1,321. 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.