Work & commute · Oliver

Work & commute in Oliver, MI

Most working residents leave Oliver for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kalkaska (24%), Traverse City (6%) and Garfield (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 97 Oliver residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oliver.

97live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oliver goes to work

Kalkaska11.2 mi away

24%23

Traverse City29 mi away

6%6

Garfield30 mi away

5%5

Grayling16 mi away

4%4

Grayling19.5 mi away

4%4

Suttons Bay38.4 mi away

3%3

Rapid River13.7 mi away

3%3

Excelsior5.8 mi away

3%3

Bear Lake7.1 mi away

3%3

Manton23.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%41

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

How far

How far Oliver commutes

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

29%

22%

28%

22%

29%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oliver is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oliver are

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

Jobs based in Oliver

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Oliver residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+69%

Jobs based in Oliver, 2011 → 2021: 13 → 22. 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.