Work & commute · Kaleva

Work & commute in Kaleva, MI

Most working residents leave Kaleva for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (9%), Maple Grove (7%) and Weldon (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 155 Kaleva residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kaleva.

155live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kaleva goes to work

Traverse City33.2 mi away

9%14

Maple Grove1.9 mi away

7%11

Weldon13.1 mi away

5%9

Manistee13.1 mi away

5%8

Cleon9.2 mi away

5%8

Benzonia20.3 mi away

4%7

Garfield30.8 mi away

4%7

Frankfort21.2 mi away

4%6

Manistee17.9 mi away

4%6

Joyfield12.3 mi away

4%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%82

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

How far

How far Kaleva commutes

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

16%

38%

23%

24%

16%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kaleva is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kaleva are

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

Jobs based in Kaleva

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Kaleva residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month35%

+33%

Jobs based in Kaleva, 2011 → 2021: 120 → 160. 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.