Work & commute · Heath

Work & commute in Heath, MI

Most working residents leave Heath for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Holland (15%), Holland (9%) and Allegan (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 1,845 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 1,774 Heath residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heath.

1,774live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heath goes to work

Holland11.6 mi away

15%274

Holland13.9 mi away

9%175

Allegan9.4 mi away

8%140

Zeeland12.3 mi away

6%115

Grand Rapids26.3 mi away

5%97

Heath (in town)right here

4%71

Allegan8.2 mi away

3%56

Fillmore8 mi away

2%41

Kentwood24.3 mi away

2%38

Wyoming20.8 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%804

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

How far

How far Heath commutes

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

25%

44%

17%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heath is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Heath are

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

Jobs based in Heath

645 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Heath residents hold

1,845 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−15%

Jobs based in Heath, 2011 → 2021: 758 → 645. 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.