Work & commute · Monterey

Work & commute in Monterey, MI

Most working residents leave Monterey for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (7%), Wyoming (6%) and Hopkins (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,105 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,062 Monterey residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monterey.

1,062live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monterey goes to work

Grand Rapids24.3 mi away

7%74

Wyoming18.8 mi away

6%68

Hopkins5.9 mi away

6%65

Allegan7.1 mi away

6%61

Byron13.4 mi away

5%52

Holland16.5 mi away

4%44

Monterey (in town)right here

4%43

Kentwood21.1 mi away

3%38

Zeeland15.6 mi away

3%35

Holland18 mi away

3%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%592

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

How far

How far Monterey commutes

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

20%

49%

17%

14%

20%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monterey is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monterey are

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

Jobs based in Monterey

287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Monterey residents hold

1,105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+16%

Jobs based in Monterey, 2011 → 2021: 248 → 287. 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.