Work & commute · Northport

Work & commute in Northport, MI

Most working residents leave Northport for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Leelanau (26%), Traverse City (14%) and Suttons Bay (11%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

26 of 156 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 130 Northport residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 264 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northport.

130live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

264work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northport goes to work

Leelanau1.9 mi away

26%41

Traverse City26 mi away

14%22

Suttons Bay9.4 mi away

11%17

Leland18.1 mi away

6%9

Bingham15 mi away

4%6

Grand Rapids149.9 mi away

3%5

Garfield28 mi away

3%4

Allen Park231.9 mi away

1%2

Muskegon135.3 mi away

1%2

East Lansing174 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%46

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

How far

How far Northport commutes

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

35%

20%

17%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northport is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northport are

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

Jobs based in Northport

290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Northport residents hold

156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−4%

Jobs based in Northport, 2011 → 2021: 301 → 290. 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.