Work & commute · Resort

Work & commute in Resort, MI

Most working residents leave Resort for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (29%), Bear Creek (15%) and Little Traverse (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 1,079 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,010 Resort residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 931 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Resort.

1,010live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

931work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Resort goes to work

Petoskey2.5 mi away

29%309

Bear Creek5.7 mi away

15%162

Resort (in town)right here

6%69

Little Traverse9.2 mi away

6%61

Charlevoix11.6 mi away

2%24

Boyne Valley14.5 mi away

2%24

Traverse City49 mi away

2%23

Boyne City8.1 mi away

2%20

Gaylord27 mi away

2%17

Harbor Springs7.2 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%354

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

How far

How far Resort commutes

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

60%

14%

20%

60%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Resort is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Resort are

1,000 jobs are based in Resort. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Resort’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Resort

1,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Resort residents hold

1,079 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+188%

Jobs based in Resort, 2011 → 2021: 347 → 1,000. 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.