Work & commute · Pioneer

Work & commute in Pioneer, MI

Most working residents leave Pioneer for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (8%), Lake City (7%) and Kalkaska (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 154 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 154 Pioneer residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pioneer.

154live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pioneer goes to work

Cadillac20.4 mi away

8%12

Lake City9.6 mi away

7%11

Kalkaska19.2 mi away

5%7

Garfield29.9 mi away

5%7

Traverse City30 mi away

4%6

Haring16.5 mi away

4%6

Norwich8.6 mi away

4%6

Lake13 mi away

4%6

Forest5.9 mi away

4%6

Grayling25.5 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%83

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

How far

How far Pioneer commutes

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

16%

40%

19%

25%

16%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pioneer is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pioneer are

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

Jobs based in Pioneer

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Pioneer residents hold

154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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.