Work & commute · Indian River

Work & commute in Indian River, MI

Most working residents leave Indian River for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (8%), Tuscarora (8%) and Bear Creek (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

65 of 627 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 562 Indian River residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indian River.

562live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

632work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indian River goes to work

Petoskey19.4 mi away

8%51

Tuscarora0.7 mi away

8%50

Bear Creek14.7 mi away

5%31

Gaylord28.4 mi away

4%24

Mentor7.3 mi away

4%24

Cheboygan16.5 mi away

3%17

Onaway19.7 mi away

2%15

Little Traverse14.1 mi away

2%15

Traverse City66.8 mi away

2%12

Walker12.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%376

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

How far

How far Indian River commutes

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

18%

36%

38%

18%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indian River is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Indian River are

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

Jobs based in Indian River

697 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Indian River residents hold

627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+365%

Jobs based in Indian River, 2011 → 2021: 150 → 697. 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.