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Work & commute · Port Sheldon

Work & commute in Port Sheldon, MI

Most working residents leave Port Sheldon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Holland (18%), Holland (17%) and Zeeland (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
47 of 2,278 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,231 Port Sheldon residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 350 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Sheldon.

2,231live here, work elsewhere
47live and work here
350work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Port Sheldon goes to work

ZeelandHudsonvilleGrand HavenHollandWyomingKentwoodGrand RapidsPort SheldonOliveParkGeorgetownGrand HavenZeelandAllendaleHollandHollandHollandZeelandOliveGrand RapidsGrand HavenZeelandWyomingKentwoodPort Sheldon
1
Holland7.7 mi away
18%421
2
Holland10.1 mi away
17%393
3
Zeeland10.3 mi away
10%236
4
Olive4.8 mi away
6%141
5
Grand Rapids26.9 mi away
5%107
6
Grand Haven10.8 mi away
3%63
7
Port Sheldon (in town)right here
2%47
8
Zeeland12.8 mi away
2%37
9
Wyoming24 mi away
2%35
10
Kentwood29.8 mi away
1%34
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%764

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

How far

How far Port Sheldon commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Port Sheldon is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Sheldon are

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

Jobs based in Port Sheldon

397 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Port Sheldon residents hold

2,278 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)39%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)44%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+98%

Jobs based in Port Sheldon, 2011 → 2021: 201 → 397. 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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