Work & commute · McKinley

Work & commute in McKinley, MI

Most working residents leave McKinley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (17%), Bear Creek (11%) and Little Traverse (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 496 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 457 McKinley residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McKinley.

457live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McKinley goes to work

Petoskey18.8 mi away

17%82

Bear Creek17.2 mi away

11%55

Little Traverse11.8 mi away

9%47

McKinley (in town)right here

8%39

Harbor Springs14.5 mi away

4%20

Littlefield10.7 mi away

3%14

Garfield72.4 mi away

2%12

Pleasantview8.1 mi away

2%10

West Traverse15.5 mi away

2%10

Cheboygan15.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%198

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

How far

How far McKinley commutes

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

15%

57%

21%

15%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McKinley is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McKinley are

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

Jobs based in McKinley

269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs McKinley residents hold

496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+52%

Jobs based in McKinley, 2011 → 2021: 177 → 269. 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.