Work & commute · Park

Work & commute in Park, MI

Most working residents leave Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Holland (22%), Holland (19%) and Zeeland (10%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

196 of 8,273 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 8,077 Park residents head out of town to work, 196 work right here, and 688 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park.

8,077live here, work elsewhere

196live and work here

688work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park goes to work

Holland5.2 mi away

22%1,840

Holland4.9 mi away

19%1,575

Zeeland8.1 mi away

10%849

Grand Rapids28 mi away

6%462

Wyoming24.1 mi away

3%208

Olive6.9 mi away

2%196

Park (in town)right here

2%196

Kentwood29.8 mi away

2%187

Zeeland10.9 mi away

1%120

Cascade35 mi away

1%119

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,521

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

How far

How far Park commutes

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

57%

12%

19%

12%

57%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Park are

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

Jobs based in Park

884 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Park residents hold

8,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−73%

Jobs based in Park, 2011 → 2021: 3,225 → 884. 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.