Work & commute · Sullivan

Work & commute in Sullivan, MI

Most working residents leave Sullivan for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Muskegon (9%), Grand Rapids (7%) and Ravenna (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,146 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,133 Sullivan residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sullivan.

1,133live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sullivan goes to work

Muskegon9.8 mi away

9%104

Grand Rapids25.7 mi away

7%80

Ravenna5.8 mi away

6%67

Norton Shores7.7 mi away

5%62

Fruitport3 mi away

5%57

Walker20.2 mi away

4%47

Coopersville10.2 mi away

4%46

Grand Haven10.3 mi away

3%40

Spring Lake9 mi away

3%31

Grand Haven12.8 mi away

3%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%582

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

How far

How far Sullivan commutes

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

35%

17%

12%

35%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sullivan is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sullivan are

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

Jobs based in Sullivan

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Sullivan residents hold

1,146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+7%

Jobs based in Sullivan, 2011 → 2021: 67 → 72. 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.