Work & commute · Newfield

Work & commute in Newfield, MI

Most working residents leave Newfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (7%), Muskegon (6%) and Fremont (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 886 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 864 Newfield residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newfield.

864live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newfield goes to work

Grand Rapids49.8 mi away

7%61

Muskegon27.1 mi away

6%57

Fremont12.4 mi away

6%56

Whitehall18.2 mi away

5%48

Shelby11.1 mi away

5%40

Hart14.5 mi away

4%32

Hart12.6 mi away

3%29

Norton Shores30.7 mi away

3%24

Newfield (in town)right here

2%22

Denver6.3 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%496

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

How far

How far Newfield commutes

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

11%

35%

31%

24%

11%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newfield is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newfield are

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

Jobs based in Newfield

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Newfield residents hold

886 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−24%

Jobs based in Newfield, 2011 → 2021: 184 → 140. 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.