Work & commute · Pellston

Work & commute in Pellston, MI

Most working residents leave Pellston for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (16%), Bear Creek (11%) and Little Traverse (11%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 277 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 262 Pellston residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pellston.

262live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pellston goes to work

Petoskey17 mi away

16%43

Bear Creek15 mi away

11%31

Little Traverse9.9 mi away

11%31

McKinley2.5 mi away

9%26

Harbor Springs12.9 mi away

4%12

Pleasantview6.7 mi away

4%11

Garfield70.5 mi away

3%9

Resort19.1 mi away

3%7

Inverness11.8 mi away

2%5

Center7.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%97

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

How far

How far Pellston commutes

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

21%

56%

17%

21%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pellston is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pellston are

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

Jobs based in Pellston

178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Pellston residents hold

277 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+53%

Jobs based in Pellston, 2011 → 2021: 116 → 178. 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.