Work & commute · Scottville

Work & commute in Scottville, MI

Most working residents leave Scottville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ludington (17%), Pere Marquette (12%) and Amber (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 554 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 528 Scottville residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scottville.

528live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scottville goes to work

Ludington8.1 mi away

17%94

Pere Marquette7.1 mi away

12%64

Amber3.3 mi away

8%42

Scottville (in town)right here

5%26

Grand Rapids75.2 mi away

4%20

Manistee23.2 mi away

3%16

Kentwood81.3 mi away

2%11

Victory6.7 mi away

2%10

Riverton6.2 mi away

2%10

Big Rapids43.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%252

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

How far

How far Scottville commutes

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

47%

38%

47%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scottville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scottville are

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

Jobs based in Scottville

451 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Scottville residents hold

554 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−42%

Jobs based in Scottville, 2011 → 2021: 784 → 451. 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.