Work & commute · Peaine

Work & commute in Peaine, MI

Most working residents leave Peaine for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are St. James (44%), Charlevoix (5%) and Traverse City (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 88 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 80 Peaine residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peaine.

80live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peaine goes to work

St. James13.7 mi away

44%39

Peaine (in town)right here

9%8

Charlevoix25.3 mi away

5%4

Traverse City59.8 mi away

3%3

Boyne City38.1 mi away

2%2

Grand Rapids183.7 mi away

2%2

Hayes27.9 mi away

2%2

Grayling77.8 mi away

1%1

Ludington123 mi away

1%1

Big Rapids132.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%25

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

How far

How far Peaine commutes

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

52%

15%

31%

52%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peaine is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peaine are

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

Jobs based in Peaine

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month8%

Jobs Peaine residents hold

88 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−62%

Jobs based in Peaine, 2011 → 2021: 68 → 26. 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.