Work & commute · Kingsley

Work & commute in Kingsley, MI

Most working residents leave Kingsley for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (31%), Garfield (15%) and Paradise (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 589 Kingsley residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingsley.

589live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

290work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingsley goes to work

Traverse City12.1 mi away

31%194

Garfield10.9 mi away

15%91

Paradise1.5 mi away

6%36

East Bay7.5 mi away

5%30

Blair5.3 mi away

4%23

Kalkaska18.4 mi away

2%11

Mayfield5.2 mi away

2%11

Lansing138.1 mi away

2%10

Green Lake11.9 mi away

2%10

Gaylord51 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%193

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

How far

How far Kingsley commutes

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

18%

55%

22%

18%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingsley is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingsley are

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

Jobs based in Kingsley

318 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Kingsley residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+293%

Jobs based in Kingsley, 2011 → 2021: 81 → 318. 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.