Work & commute · Greenville

Work & commute in Greenville, MI

Most working residents leave Greenville for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (13%), Cascade (3%) and Eureka (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

642 of 3,608 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,966 Greenville residents head out of town to work, 642 work right here, and 4,203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenville.

2,966live here, work elsewhere

642live and work here

4,203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenville goes to work

Greenville (in town)right here

18%642

Grand Rapids25.3 mi away

13%457

Cascade22.8 mi away

3%102

Eureka1.6 mi away

3%101

Belding5.8 mi away

3%100

Kentwood26.6 mi away

2%89

Lansing47.6 mi away

2%88

Stanton11.8 mi away

2%81

Ionia16.7 mi away

2%78

Rockford15.4 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,793

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

How far

How far Greenville commutes

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

28%

30%

26%

16%

28%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenville are

4,845 jobs are based in Greenville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenville

4,845 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Greenville residents hold

3,608 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−15%

Jobs based in Greenville, 2011 → 2021: 5,693 → 4,845. 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.