Work & commute · Leland

Work & commute in Leland, MI

Most working residents leave Leland for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (18%), Garfield (7%) and Suttons Bay (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

130 of 708 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 578 Leland residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 513 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leland.

578live here, work elsewhere

130live and work here

513work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leland goes to work

Traverse City32.7 mi away

18%130

Leland (in town)right here

18%130

Garfield33.5 mi away

7%47

Suttons Bay19.9 mi away

6%45

Bingham23.1 mi away

4%25

Leelanau18.7 mi away

3%23

East Bay38.6 mi away

3%18

Grand Rapids151.5 mi away

2%14

Kasson22.2 mi away

2%13

Solon24.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%252

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

How far

How far Leland commutes

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

31%

40%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leland are

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

Jobs based in Leland

643 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Leland residents hold

708 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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Jobs based in Leland, 2011 → 2021: 640 → 643. 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.