Work & commute · Pine

Work & commute in Pine, MI

Most working residents leave Pine for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (12%), Grand Rapids (11%) and Stanton (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 765 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 754 Pine residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine.

754live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine goes to work

Greenville11.6 mi away

12%93

Grand Rapids32.5 mi away

11%85

Stanton10.9 mi away

4%28

Lansing56.9 mi away

3%25

Plainfield25 mi away

3%23

Cascade32.6 mi away

3%22

Kentwood35.4 mi away

3%20

Walker33.9 mi away

2%18

Rockford19.8 mi away

2%17

Eureka13.2 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%417

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

How far

How far Pine commutes

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

16%

27%

35%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine are

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

Jobs based in Pine

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Pine residents hold

765 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+67%

Jobs based in Pine, 2011 → 2021: 85 → 142. 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.