Work & commute · Reynolds

Work & commute in Reynolds, MI

Most working residents leave Reynolds for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (15%), Wyoming (4%) and Walker (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

119 of 2,254 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 2,135 Reynolds residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 517 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reynolds.

2,135live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

517work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reynolds goes to work

Grand Rapids32.4 mi away

15%341

Reynolds (in town)right here

5%119

Wyoming37.8 mi away

4%101

Walker31.5 mi away

4%97

Rockford19.7 mi away

4%86

Plainfield24.4 mi away

4%79

Kentwood37.2 mi away

3%78

Cascade36.2 mi away

3%64

Cato12.8 mi away

3%63

Lansing69.1 mi away

3%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,165

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

How far

How far Reynolds commutes

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

10%

26%

43%

21%

10%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reynolds is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reynolds are

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

Jobs based in Reynolds

636 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Reynolds residents hold

2,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−11%

Jobs based in Reynolds, 2011 → 2021: 715 → 636. 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.