Work & commute · Rutland

Work & commute in Rutland, MI

Most working residents leave Rutland for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hastings (15%), Grand Rapids (12%) and Thornapple (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 1,894 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,807 Rutland residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 1,007 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rutland.

1,807live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

1,007work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rutland goes to work

Hastings4.3 mi away

15%278

Grand Rapids26.5 mi away

12%221

Thornapple8.4 mi away

7%142

Rutland (in town)right here

5%87

Cascade18.9 mi away

4%85

Wyoming24.3 mi away

4%79

Caledonia12.6 mi away

4%75

Kentwood20.4 mi away

4%73

Battle Creek24.6 mi away

3%53

Byron21.5 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%764

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

How far

How far Rutland commutes

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

30%

34%

22%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rutland is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rutland are

1,094 jobs are based in Rutland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rutland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rutland

1,094 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rutland residents hold

1,894 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+7%

Jobs based in Rutland, 2011 → 2021: 1,018 → 1,094. 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.