Work & commute · Greendale

Work & commute in Greendale, MI

Most working residents leave Greendale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (15%), Mount Pleasant (12%) and Alma (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 598 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 587 Greendale residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greendale.

587live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greendale goes to work

Midland15.6 mi away

15%91

Mount Pleasant11.8 mi away

12%70

Alma15.7 mi away

7%43

Chippewa5.9 mi away

5%28

Union13.9 mi away

3%20

Saginaw31.8 mi away

3%17

St. Louis13.4 mi away

3%15

Wheeler13.3 mi away

3%15

Saginaw27.9 mi away

2%14

Greendale (in town)right here

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%274

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

How far

How far Greendale commutes

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

15%

50%

12%

22%

15%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greendale is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greendale are

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

Jobs based in Greendale

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Greendale residents hold

598 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+71%

Jobs based in Greendale, 2011 → 2021: 70 → 120. 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.