Work & commute · Hanover

Work & commute in Hanover, MI

Most working residents leave Hanover for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (19%), Garfield (15%) and Cadillac (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 597 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 575 Hanover residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanover.

575live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanover goes to work

Traverse City19.3 mi away

19%113

Garfield17.2 mi away

15%92

Cadillac19.1 mi away

5%29

Springville8.9 mi away

4%25

Blair10.7 mi away

4%23

Hanover (in town)right here

4%22

Green Lake12.8 mi away

3%20

Grand Rapids104.7 mi away

2%11

Haring17.1 mi away

1%8

East Bay16.6 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%247

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

How far

How far Hanover commutes

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

11%

58%

24%

11%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanover is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanover are

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

Jobs based in Hanover

254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Hanover residents hold

597 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+131%

Jobs based in Hanover, 2011 → 2021: 110 → 254. 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.