Work & commute · Suttons Bay

Work & commute in Suttons Bay, MI

Most working residents leave Suttons Bay for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (18%), Suttons Bay (17%) and Leland (11%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

24 of 228 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 204 Suttons Bay residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 450 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Suttons Bay.

204live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

450work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Suttons Bay goes to work

Traverse City15.7 mi away

18%40

Suttons Bay1.3 mi away

17%38

Leland19.9 mi away

11%24

Bingham4.6 mi away

6%14

Garfield17.6 mi away

6%13

Leelanau12.4 mi away

4%8

Grand Rapids139.5 mi away

3%6

Elmwood10.6 mi away

2%4

Blair24.3 mi away

2%4

Peninsula8.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%74

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

How far

How far Suttons Bay commutes

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

34%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Suttons Bay is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Suttons Bay are

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

Jobs based in Suttons Bay

474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Suttons Bay residents hold

228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+76%

Jobs based in Suttons Bay, 2011 → 2021: 269 → 474. 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.