Work & commute · Overisel

Work & commute in Overisel, MI

Most working residents leave Overisel for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Holland (16%), Holland (13%) and Zeeland (11%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

101 of 1,712 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,611 Overisel residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 349 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Overisel.

1,611live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

349work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Overisel goes to work

Holland7.9 mi away

16%276

Holland9 mi away

13%224

Zeeland6.8 mi away

11%182

Overisel (in town)right here

6%101

Grand Rapids22.2 mi away

5%79

Fillmore5.9 mi away

4%67

Hudsonville10.3 mi away

2%36

Georgetown13.6 mi away

2%35

Jamestown8.2 mi away

2%35

Zeeland6 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%644

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

How far

How far Overisel commutes

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

48%

30%

13%

48%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Overisel is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Overisel are

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

Jobs based in Overisel

450 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Overisel residents hold

1,712 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+5%

Jobs based in Overisel, 2011 → 2021: 427 → 450. 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.