Work & commute · Laketown

Work & commute in Laketown, MI

Most working residents leave Laketown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Holland (26%), Holland (13%) and Zeeland (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 2,740 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,687 Laketown residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laketown.

2,687live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laketown goes to work

Holland4.8 mi away

26%726

Holland8.3 mi away

13%357

Zeeland10.2 mi away

6%170

Grand Rapids30.9 mi away

4%119

Wyoming26.3 mi away

2%65

Kentwood31.4 mi away

2%63

Fillmore5.4 mi away

2%60

Laketown (in town)right here

2%53

Byron23.6 mi away

2%43

Zeeland12.5 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,041

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

How far

How far Laketown commutes

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

52%

14%

18%

16%

52%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laketown is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laketown are

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

Jobs based in Laketown

309 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Laketown residents hold

2,740 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−27%

Jobs based in Laketown, 2011 → 2021: 423 → 309. 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.