Work & commute · Summit

Work & commute in Summit, MI

Most working residents leave Summit for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ludington (20%), Pere Marquette (11%) and Grand Rapids (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 400 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 392 Summit residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summit.

392live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summit goes to work

Ludington7 mi away

20%80

Pere Marquette5 mi away

11%43

Grand Rapids72.6 mi away

7%28

Amber7.5 mi away

7%26

Scottville9 mi away

3%12

Hart11.7 mi away

3%11

Whitehall31.9 mi away

2%8

Muskegon44.4 mi away

2%8

Kentwood78.8 mi away

2%8

Summit (in town)right here

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%168

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

How far

How far Summit commutes

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

44%

10%

12%

35%

44%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summit is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Summit are

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

Jobs based in Summit

163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Summit residents hold

400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+75%

Jobs based in Summit, 2011 → 2021: 93 → 163. 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.