Work & commute · Koehler

Work & commute in Koehler, MI

Most working residents leave Koehler for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cheboygan (8%), Petoskey (7%) and Tuscarora (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 401 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 397 Koehler residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Koehler.

397live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Koehler goes to work

Cheboygan15.4 mi away

8%31

Petoskey24.1 mi away

7%28

Tuscarora5.4 mi away

5%19

Gaylord28.9 mi away

4%17

Onaway14.9 mi away

4%16

Mentor9.7 mi away

4%16

Walker8.4 mi away

3%12

Lansing187.1 mi away

2%7

Bear Creek19.2 mi away

2%7

Forest13.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%241

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

How far

How far Koehler commutes

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

14%

36%

13%

37%

14%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Koehler is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Koehler are

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

Jobs based in Koehler

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Koehler residents hold

401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−82%

Jobs based in Koehler, 2011 → 2021: 390 → 71. 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.