Work & commute · Petoskey

Work & commute in Petoskey, MI

About one in 3 of Petoskey’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bear Creek (12%), Little Traverse (5%) and Resort (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

693 of 2,198 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,505 Petoskey residents head out of town to work, 693 work right here, and 5,508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Petoskey.

1,505live here, work elsewhere

693live and work here

5,508work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Petoskey goes to work

Petoskey (in town)right here

32%693

Bear Creek5.3 mi away

12%258

Little Traverse7.1 mi away

5%100

Resort2.5 mi away

4%95

Traverse City51.1 mi away

3%56

Charlevoix12.4 mi away

3%55

Harbor Springs4.8 mi away

2%52

Pleasantview10.8 mi away

2%48

Boyne Valley16.5 mi away

2%48

Boyne City10.5 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%748

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

How far

How far Petoskey commutes

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

60%

13%

24%

60%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Petoskey is a job hub

2.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Petoskey are

6,201 jobs are based in Petoskey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Petoskey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Petoskey

6,201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Petoskey residents hold

2,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−22%

Jobs based in Petoskey, 2011 → 2021: 7,987 → 6,201. 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.