Work & commute · Saugatuck

Work & commute in Saugatuck, MI

Most working residents leave Saugatuck for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Holland (11%), Douglas (6%) and Holland (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

29 of 305 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 276 Saugatuck residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 452 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saugatuck.

276live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

452work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saugatuck goes to work

Holland9.1 mi away

11%33

Saugatuck (in town)right here

10%29

Douglas1.5 mi away

6%18

Holland12.8 mi away

6%18

Zeeland14.4 mi away

5%16

Grand Rapids34.7 mi away

5%15

Saugatuck2.7 mi away

3%10

Fillmore7.9 mi away

3%8

Grandville28.3 mi away

2%7

Battle Creek55.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%145

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

How far

How far Saugatuck commutes

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

31%

24%

25%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saugatuck is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Saugatuck are

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

Jobs based in Saugatuck

481 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Saugatuck residents hold

305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+14%

Jobs based in Saugatuck, 2011 → 2021: 421 → 481. 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.