Work & commute · Lakeview

Work & commute in Lakeview, MI

Most working residents leave Lakeview for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cato (15%), Grand Rapids (12%) and Greenville (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 364 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 339 Lakeview residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeview.

339live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeview goes to work

Cato1.8 mi away

15%55

Grand Rapids38.6 mi away

12%45

Greenville18.2 mi away

5%17

Lansing61.7 mi away

3%10

Mount Pleasant26.8 mi away

2%9

Rockford25.6 mi away

2%8

Kentwood41.9 mi away

2%7

Plainfield30.8 mi away

2%7

Cascade39.3 mi away

2%7

Stanton14 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%193

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

How far

How far Lakeview commutes

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

21%

18%

38%

23%

21%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeview is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeview are

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

Jobs based in Lakeview

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lakeview residents hold

364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+115%

Jobs based in Lakeview, 2011 → 2021: 163 → 351. 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.