Work & commute · Kearney

Work & commute in Kearney, MI

About one in 5 of Kearney’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Central Lake (6%), East Jordan (5%) and Traverse City (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

115 of 562 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 447 Kearney residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 1,009 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kearney.

447live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

1,009work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kearney goes to work

Kearney (in town)right here

20%115

Central Lake9 mi away

6%35

East Jordan11.8 mi away

5%27

Traverse City28.3 mi away

4%25

Forest Home5.9 mi away

4%20

Elk Rapids14.6 mi away

3%18

Kalkaska18.4 mi away

2%14

Mancelona10.4 mi away

2%14

Custer7.1 mi away

2%12

Charlevoix22.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%271

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

How far

How far Kearney commutes

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

37%

25%

15%

24%

37%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kearney is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kearney are

1,124 jobs are based in Kearney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kearney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kearney

1,124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Kearney residents hold

562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−19%

Jobs based in Kearney, 2011 → 2021: 1,387 → 1,124. 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.