Work & commute · St. James

Work & commute in St. James, MI

41% of St. James’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Peaine (11%), East Jordan (4%) and Elk Rapids (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

39 of 94 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 55 St. James residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. James.

55live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. James goes to work

St. James (in town)right here

41%39

Peaine13.7 mi away

11%10

East Jordan50.1 mi away

4%4

Elk Rapids64.1 mi away

3%3

Hayes40.4 mi away

3%3

Charlevoix38.4 mi away

2%2

Boyne City50.5 mi away

2%2

Bear Creek46.7 mi away

2%2

Cascade201.3 mi away

2%2

Charlevoix38 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%25

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

How far

How far St. James commutes

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

52%

19%

29%

52%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. James is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. James are

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

Jobs based in St. James

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs St. James residents hold

94 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+100%

Jobs based in St. James, 2011 → 2021: 51 → 102. 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.