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Work & commute · Long Lake

Work & commute in Long Lake, MI

Most working residents leave Long Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (41%), Garfield (16%) and Green Lake (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
133 of 4,252 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,119 Long Lake residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 588 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Lake.

4,119live here, work elsewhere
133live and work here
588work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Long Lake goes to work

Traverse CityGrand RapidsLansingAlmiraSuttons BayElmwoodSolonGreen LakeLong LakeParadiseBlairEast BayGarfieldInlandTraverse CityGarfieldGreen LakeEast BayBlairGrand RapidsSuttons BayElmwoodLansingLong Lake
1
Traverse City7.7 mi away
41%1,739
2
Garfield5.7 mi away
16%664
3
Long Lake (in town)right here
3%133
4
Green Lake4.8 mi away
3%120
5
East Bay11.7 mi away
3%110
6
Blair8.8 mi away
2%104
7
Grand Rapids121.2 mi away
1%62
8
Suttons Bay20.2 mi away
1%59
9
Elmwood8.9 mi away
1%53
10
Lansing150.4 mi away
1%34
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%1,174

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

How far

How far Long Lake commutes

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

66%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Long Lake is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Lake are

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

Jobs based in Long Lake

721 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Long Lake residents hold

4,252 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%
−76%

Jobs based in Long Lake, 2011 → 2021: 2,982 → 721. 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.

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