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Work & commute in Hesperia, MI

Most working residents leave Hesperia for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fremont (11%), Grand Rapids (8%) and Muskegon (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
19 of 390 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 371 Hesperia residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hesperia.

371live here, work elsewhere
19live and work here
280work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hesperia goes to work

HesperiaHartWhite CloudWhitehallFremontMuskegonNorton ShoresGrand RapidsLincolnShermanFerryGreenwoodLeavittOttoNewfieldDaytonDenverShelbyFremontGrand RapidsMuskegonShelbyHartWhitehallNorton ShoresNewfieldWhite CloudDenverHesperia
1
Fremont8.6 mi away
11%41
2
Grand Rapids46.3 mi away
8%32
3
Muskegon26.1 mi away
5%20
4
Shelby14.6 mi away
3%13
5
Hart18.5 mi away
3%12
6
Whitehall19 mi away
3%12
7
Norton Shores29.3 mi away
3%12
8
Newfield4.1 mi away
3%12
9
White Cloud13.4 mi away
2%9
10
Denver3.4 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%218

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

How far

How far Hesperia commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
32%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hesperia is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hesperia are

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

Jobs based in Hesperia

299 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities38%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less31%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Hesperia residents hold

390 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month47%
−7%

Jobs based in Hesperia, 2011 → 2021: 323 → 299. 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.

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