Work & commute · Luther

Work & commute in Luther, MI

Most working residents leave Luther for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (14%), Reed City (11%) and Big Rapids (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 99 Luther residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Luther.

99live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Luther goes to work

Cadillac19 mi away

14%14

Reed City14.4 mi away

11%11

Big Rapids25.5 mi away

4%4

Pleasant Plains15.7 mi away

4%4

Traverse City49.6 mi away

3%3

Wyoming79.4 mi away

3%3

Grand Rapids74.5 mi away

3%3

Lansing107.5 mi away

3%3

Manistee32.8 mi away

3%3

Webber10.4 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%49

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

How far

How far Luther commutes

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

38%

14%

46%

2%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Luther is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Luther are

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

Jobs based in Luther

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less64%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs Luther residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+600%

Jobs based in Luther, 2011 → 2021: 2 → 14. 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.