Work & commute · Muir

Work & commute in Muir, MI

Most working residents leave Muir for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ionia (14%), Grand Rapids (6%) and Lansing (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 220 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 217 Muir residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Muir.

217live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Muir goes to work

Ionia7.2 mi away

14%31

Grand Rapids36.5 mi away

6%14

Lansing27.3 mi away

5%11

Ionia3.8 mi away

4%9

Delta23.3 mi away

4%9

Lyons2 mi away

4%9

Cascade29 mi away

3%7

Portland9.1 mi away

3%6

Wyoming39.7 mi away

3%6

Boston17.6 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%112

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

How far

How far Muir commutes

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

29%

20%

32%

18%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Muir 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 Muir are

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

Jobs based in Muir

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less52%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month10%

Jobs Muir residents hold

220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+49%

Jobs based in Muir, 2011 → 2021: 39 → 58. 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.