Work & commute · Littlefield

Work & commute in Littlefield, MI

Most working residents leave Littlefield for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (22%), Bear Creek (10%) and Little Traverse (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 1,205 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,158 Littlefield residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Littlefield.

1,158live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Littlefield goes to work

Petoskey11.9 mi away

22%264

Bear Creek8 mi away

10%118

Little Traverse6.1 mi away

10%117

Resort13.3 mi away

4%49

Littlefield (in town)right here

4%47

Harbor Springs9.9 mi away

3%40

Pleasantview7.5 mi away

2%29

West Traverse12.5 mi away

2%23

McKinley10.7 mi away

2%23

Gaylord29 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%473

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

How far

How far Littlefield commutes

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

43%

30%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Littlefield is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Littlefield are

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

Jobs based in Littlefield

370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Littlefield residents hold

1,205 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+10%

Jobs based in Littlefield, 2011 → 2021: 337 → 370. 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.