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Work & commute · Pentwater

Work & commute in Pentwater, MI

Most working residents leave Pentwater for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hart (10%), Pentwater (8%) and Ludington (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
18 of 266 working residents
Typical commute
27 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
30%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 248 Pentwater residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pentwater.

248live here, work elsewhere
18live and work here
157work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Pentwater goes to work

PentwaterHartLudingtonMuskegonGrand RapidsElbridgeAmberPere MarquetteGoldenGrantWeareShelbyPentwaterHartHartPentwaterLudingtonGrand RapidsMuskegonPere MarquetteShelbyHartGoldenWearePentwater
1
Hart6.8 mi away
10%26
2
Pentwater0.8 mi away
8%20
3
Ludington12.3 mi away
5%14
4
Grand Rapids68.6 mi away
5%13
5
Muskegon39.2 mi away
5%12
6
Pere Marquette10.4 mi away
4%11
7
Shelby12.9 mi away
4%11
8
Hart8.1 mi away
4%11
9
Golden6.3 mi away
3%7
10
Weare4.9 mi away
3%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%134

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

How far

How far Pentwater commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
40%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Pentwater is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pentwater are

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

Jobs based in Pentwater

175 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%
Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Pentwater residents hold

266 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month50%
+88%

Jobs based in Pentwater, 2011 → 2021: 93 → 175. 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.

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