Work & commute · Rolland

Work & commute in Rolland, MI

Most working residents leave Rolland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (18%), Union (8%) and Alma (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 533 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 525 Rolland residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rolland.

525live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rolland goes to work

Mount Pleasant13.8 mi away

18%94

Union11.3 mi away

8%42

Alma19.9 mi away

7%39

Chippewa19 mi away

5%29

Fremont5.4 mi away

4%20

Broomfield7.3 mi away

4%20

Midland40.2 mi away

4%19

Coe18 mi away

2%13

Home4.3 mi away

2%12

St. Louis21.2 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%235

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

How far

How far Rolland commutes

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

14%

49%

12%

25%

14%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rolland is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rolland are

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

Jobs based in Rolland

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Rolland residents hold

533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−80%

Jobs based in Rolland, 2011 → 2021: 637 → 125. 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.