Work & commute · Middleville

Work & commute in Middleville, MI

Most working residents leave Middleville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (15%), Thornapple (13%) and Kentwood (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

213 of 2,005 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

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,792 Middleville residents head out of town to work, 213 work right here, and 2,292 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middleville.

1,792live here, work elsewhere

213live and work here

2,292work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middleville goes to work

Grand Rapids19.3 mi away

15%292

Thornapple1.4 mi away

13%266

Kentwood13.1 mi away

7%147

Wyoming16.9 mi away

7%135

Cascade12.5 mi away

6%123

Caledonia5.6 mi away

5%92

Gaines9.1 mi away

3%60

Byron14.5 mi away

3%52

Hastings10.3 mi away

2%43

Rutland7.4 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%759

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

How far

How far Middleville commutes

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

24%

51%

12%

13%

24%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middleville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Middleville are

2,505 jobs are based in Middleville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middleville

2,505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Middleville residents hold

2,005 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+17%

Jobs based in Middleville, 2011 → 2021: 2,148 → 2,505. 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.