Work & commute · Muskegon

Work & commute in Muskegon, MI

Most working residents leave Muskegon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Muskegon (20%), Norton Shores (8%) and Grand Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

464 of 7,140 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 6,676 Muskegon residents head out of town to work, 464 work right here, and 3,492 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Muskegon.

6,676live here, work elsewhere

464live and work here

3,492work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Muskegon goes to work

Muskegon4.2 mi away

20%1,414

Norton Shores6.6 mi away

8%573

Muskegon (in town)right here

6%464

Grand Rapids33.8 mi away

5%327

Grand Haven14.1 mi away

4%260

Spring Lake13.4 mi away

4%260

Whitehall12.5 mi away

3%210

Grand Haven18 mi away

3%199

Fruitport7.8 mi away

2%167

Holland30.7 mi away

2%155

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%3,111

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

How far

How far Muskegon commutes

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

47%

17%

21%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Muskegon is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Muskegon are

3,956 jobs are based in Muskegon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Muskegon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Muskegon

3,956 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Muskegon residents hold

7,140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−15%

Jobs based in Muskegon, 2011 → 2021: 4,640 → 3,956. 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.