Work & commute · Reed

Work & commute in Reed, MI

Most working residents leave Reed for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Big Rapids (10%), Grand Rapids (8%) and Evart (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

160 of 940 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 780 Reed residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 1,808 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reed.

780live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

1,808work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reed goes to work

Reed City (in town)right here

17%160

Big Rapids12 mi away

10%90

Grand Rapids63.4 mi away

8%77

Evart11.9 mi away

7%68

Richmond1.6 mi away

5%44

Walker61.8 mi away

3%25

Cadillac26.1 mi away

2%21

Hersey5.3 mi away

2%16

Webber18.3 mi away

2%16

Big Rapids13.3 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%408

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

How far

How far Reed commutes

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

25%

24%

10%

40%

25%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reed is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reed are

1,968 jobs are based in Reed. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reed’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Reed

1,968 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Reed residents hold

940 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+25%

Jobs based in Reed, 2011 → 2021: 1,575 → 1,968. 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.