Work & commute · Inland

Work & commute in Inland, MI

Most working residents leave Inland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (27%), Garfield (16%) and Green Lake (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 962 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 953 Inland residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inland.

953live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inland goes to work

Traverse City15.2 mi away

27%255

Garfield12.9 mi away

16%155

Green Lake5.8 mi away

4%34

Benzonia12.1 mi away

3%32

Almira6.7 mi away

3%27

Frankfort17.9 mi away

2%22

East Bay17.9 mi away

2%21

Homestead5.5 mi away

2%19

Weldon8.7 mi away

2%19

Blair12.5 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%362

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

How far

How far Inland commutes

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

13%

59%

23%

13%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inland is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Inland are

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

Jobs based in Inland

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Inland residents hold

962 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+35%

Jobs based in Inland, 2011 → 2021: 83 → 112. 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.