Work & commute · Sheridan

Work & commute in Sheridan, MI

Most working residents leave Sheridan for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fremont (16%), Grand Rapids (9%) and Muskegon (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 1,039 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 993 Sheridan residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheridan.

993live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sheridan goes to work

Fremont3.4 mi away

16%170

Grand Rapids35.6 mi away

9%94

Muskegon19 mi away

6%61

Sheridan (in town)right here

4%46

Sherman9.2 mi away

3%27

Dayton6.7 mi away

2%21

Newaygo9.3 mi away

2%19

White Cloud14.3 mi away

2%18

Whitehall17.8 mi away

2%18

Kentwood41.8 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%549

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

How far

How far Sheridan commutes

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

30%

22%

31%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sheridan is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sheridan are

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

Jobs based in Sheridan

553 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Sheridan residents hold

1,039 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+129%

Jobs based in Sheridan, 2011 → 2021: 241 → 553. 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.