Work & commute · Otto

Work & commute in Otto, MI

Most working residents leave Otto for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Muskegon (9%), Whitehall (8%) and Fremont (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 329 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 327 Otto residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otto.

327live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otto goes to work

Muskegon18.5 mi away

9%28

Whitehall9.1 mi away

8%25

Fremont12.9 mi away

6%21

Hart16 mi away

5%17

Hart14.8 mi away

5%15

Grand Rapids46.1 mi away

4%14

Norton Shores22.4 mi away

4%13

White Cloud22.2 mi away

3%9

Muskegon16.2 mi away

2%8

Montague9.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%172

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

How far

How far Otto commutes

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

12%

46%

17%

26%

12%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otto is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otto are

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

Jobs based in Otto

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Otto residents hold

329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−35%

Jobs based in Otto, 2011 → 2021: 23 → 15. 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.