Work & commute · Rose Lake

Work & commute in Rose Lake, MI

Most working residents leave Rose Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Reed City (10%), Cadillac (10%) and Evart (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 487 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 477 Rose Lake residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rose Lake.

477live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rose Lake goes to work

Reed City12.2 mi away

10%49

Cadillac15.5 mi away

10%49

Evart10.3 mi away

7%34

Grand Rapids74.8 mi away

7%32

Le Roy5.9 mi away

6%27

Big Rapids23 mi away

5%23

Hersey11.8 mi away

3%15

Haring19.2 mi away

2%12

Richmond13.2 mi away

2%10

Rose Lake (in town)right here

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%226

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

How far

How far Rose Lake commutes

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

15%

43%

33%

15%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rose Lake is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rose Lake are

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

Jobs based in Rose Lake

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Rose Lake residents hold

487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−69%

Jobs based in Rose Lake, 2011 → 2021: 309 → 97. 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.