Work & commute · Newaygo

Work & commute in Newaygo, MI

Most working residents leave Newaygo for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (11%), Walker (4%) and Fremont (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

130 of 971 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 841 Newaygo residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 1,821 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newaygo.

841live here, work elsewhere

130live and work here

1,821work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newaygo goes to work

Newaygo (in town)right here

13%130

Grand Rapids32.3 mi away

11%102

Walker29.2 mi away

4%38

Fremont8.4 mi away

4%37

Sparta18 mi away

3%30

Kentwood38.2 mi away

3%26

Wyoming36.7 mi away

2%24

Plainfield25.6 mi away

2%23

Grant5.8 mi away

2%22

Cascade39.1 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%518

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

How far

How far Newaygo commutes

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

26%

15%

43%

16%

26%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newaygo is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Newaygo are

1,951 jobs are based in Newaygo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newaygo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newaygo

1,951 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Newaygo residents hold

971 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+201%

Jobs based in Newaygo, 2011 → 2021: 648 → 1,951. 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.