Work & commute · Ravenna

Work & commute in Ravenna, MI

Most working residents leave Ravenna for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Muskegon (9%), Ravenna (7%) and Grand Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 548 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 519 Ravenna residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ravenna.

519live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

410work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ravenna goes to work

Muskegon16.1 mi away

9%48

Ravenna1.9 mi away

7%41

Grand Rapids21.3 mi away

6%35

Walker16.2 mi away

5%26

Fruitport10.3 mi away

4%22

Norton Shores14.8 mi away

4%21

Coopersville8.5 mi away

3%19

Grand Haven16.8 mi away

3%18

Spring Lake15.4 mi away

3%18

Grand Haven18.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%288

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

How far

How far Ravenna commutes

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

17%

58%

11%

14%

17%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ravenna is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ravenna are

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

Jobs based in Ravenna

439 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Ravenna residents hold

548 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+99%

Jobs based in Ravenna, 2011 → 2021: 221 → 439. 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.