Work & commute · Melrose

Work & commute in Melrose, MI

Most working residents leave Melrose for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (17%), Boyne City (9%) and Bear Creek (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 527 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 488 Melrose residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 332 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melrose.

488live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

332work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melrose goes to work

Petoskey9.8 mi away

17%92

Boyne City5.1 mi away

9%49

Bear Creek7.8 mi away

8%43

Melrose (in town)right here

7%39

Boyne Valley6.8 mi away

5%25

Resort8 mi away

3%16

Charlevoix18.5 mi away

3%15

Little Traverse13.8 mi away

3%15

East Jordan11.8 mi away

2%13

Charlevoix17.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%209

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

How far

How far Melrose commutes

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

47%

23%

47%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melrose is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Melrose are

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

Jobs based in Melrose

371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Melrose residents hold

527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+388%

Jobs based in Melrose, 2011 → 2021: 76 → 371. 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.