Work & commute · Meyer

Work & commute in Meyer, MI

Most working residents leave Meyer for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Spalding (16%), Harris (13%) and Iron Mountain (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 341 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 315 Meyer residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meyer.

315live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meyer goes to work

Spalding5.7 mi away

16%53

Harris12.6 mi away

13%46

Iron Mountain20.7 mi away

9%30

Meyer (in town)right here

8%26

Escanaba26.8 mi away

7%24

Breitung19.3 mi away

3%10

Stephenson24.1 mi away

3%9

Norway13.5 mi away

2%8

Wells22.5 mi away

2%8

Escanaba23.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%119

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

How far

How far Meyer commutes

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

25%

40%

16%

20%

25%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meyer is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meyer are

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

Jobs based in Meyer

242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Meyer residents hold

341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−7%

Jobs based in Meyer, 2011 → 2021: 261 → 242. 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.