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Work & commute · Irving

Work & commute in Irving, MI

Most working residents leave Irving for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (13%), Hastings (8%) and Thornapple (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
44 of 1,731 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,687 Irving residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irving.

1,687live here, work elsewhere
44live and work here
289work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Irving goes to work

HastingsWyomingKentwoodGrand RapidsLansingByronCaledoniaCarltonThornappleIrvingHastingsBowneCascadeRutlandOdessaGainesGrand RapidsHastingsThornappleKentwoodWyomingCascadeCaledoniaByronGainesIrving
1
Grand Rapids21.8 mi away
13%218
2
Hastings6.6 mi away
8%137
3
Thornapple6.1 mi away
8%137
4
Kentwood15.8 mi away
5%94
5
Wyoming20.4 mi away
5%86
6
Cascade13.6 mi away
5%84
7
Caledonia8 mi away
5%83
8
Byron18.7 mi away
3%44
9
Irving (in town)right here
3%44
10
Gaines12.9 mi away
3%44
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%760

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

How far

How far Irving commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
47%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Irving is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Irving are

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

Jobs based in Irving

333 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)45%
Trade, transport & utilities32%
Services (health, schools, offices…)22%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Irving residents hold

1,731 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+128%

Jobs based in Irving, 2011 → 2021: 146 → 333. 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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