Work & commute · Hart

Work & commute in Hart, MI

About one in 5 of Hart’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hart (14%), Muskegon (5%) and Grand Rapids (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

154 of 724 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 570 Hart residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 1,293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hart.

570live here, work elsewhere

154live and work here

1,293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hart goes to work

Hart (in town)right here

21%154

Hart1.9 mi away

14%104

Muskegon32.7 mi away

5%39

Grand Rapids61.9 mi away

4%27

Whitehall20.2 mi away

3%25

Shelby6.2 mi away

3%22

Ludington18.7 mi away

3%19

Weare5.7 mi away

2%11

Walker57.1 mi away

1%10

Kentwood68.1 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%304

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

How far

How far Hart commutes

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

42%

15%

28%

42%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hart is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hart are

1,447 jobs are based in Hart. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hart’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hart

1,447 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Hart residents hold

724 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+3%

Jobs based in Hart, 2011 → 2021: 1,405 → 1,447. 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.