Work & commute · New Era

Work & commute in New Era, MI

Most working residents leave New Era for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Shelby (13%), Whitehall (11%) and Montague (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 161 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 New Era residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Era.

157live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Era goes to work

Shelby3.5 mi away

13%21

Whitehall11 mi away

11%17

Montague10.2 mi away

7%11

Hart8.8 mi away

7%11

Muskegon23.5 mi away

6%10

Hart9.2 mi away

6%9

Montague8.5 mi away

4%6

Grand Rapids54 mi away

3%5

Grant3.4 mi away

3%5

Roosevelt Park25.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%63

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

How far

How far New Era commutes

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

35%

25%

16%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Era is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Era are

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

Jobs based in New Era

123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs New Era residents hold

161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−32%

Jobs based in New Era, 2011 → 2021: 180 → 123. 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.