Work & commute · Mesick

Work & commute in Mesick, MI

Most working residents leave Mesick for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (18%), Traverse City (12%) and Haring (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 116 Mesick residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mesick.

116live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mesick goes to work

Cadillac17.8 mi away

18%22

Traverse City24.8 mi away

12%14

Haring17.2 mi away

7%8

Garfield22.6 mi away

7%8

Springville3 mi away

6%7

South Branch14 mi away

3%4

Cherry Grove16.2 mi away

2%3

Clam Lake21.4 mi away

2%3

Kentwood105.2 mi away

2%2

Grand Rapids99.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%48

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

How far

How far Mesick commutes

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

57%

15%

20%

8%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mesick is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mesick are

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

Jobs based in Mesick

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Mesick residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−54%

Jobs based in Mesick, 2011 → 2021: 341 → 158. 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.