Work & commute · Otisco

Work & commute in Otisco, MI

Most working residents leave Otisco for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (12%), Ionia (7%) and Belding (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 978 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 937 Otisco residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 533 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otisco.

937live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

533work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otisco goes to work

Grand Rapids21.6 mi away

12%118

Ionia11.5 mi away

7%67

Belding1.9 mi away

6%61

Otisco (in town)right here

4%41

Cascade17 mi away

4%40

Greenville7.2 mi away

4%39

Lowell10.6 mi away

3%31

Kentwood21.4 mi away

3%31

Ada13.2 mi away

3%30

Boston12.5 mi away

3%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%492

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

How far

How far Otisco commutes

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

20%

49%

16%

14%

20%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otisco is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otisco are

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

Jobs based in Otisco

574 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Otisco residents hold

978 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−4%

Jobs based in Otisco, 2011 → 2021: 595 → 574. 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.