Work & commute · Thompsonville

Work & commute in Thompsonville, MI

Most working residents leave Thompsonville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Garfield (18%), Traverse City (15%) and Benzonia (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 180 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 177 Thompsonville residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thompsonville.

177live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thompsonville goes to work

Garfield20.6 mi away

18%33

Traverse City23.1 mi away

15%27

Benzonia12.9 mi away

9%17

Weldon4.3 mi away

7%12

Homestead9 mi away

4%8

Green Lake12.6 mi away

4%7

Cleon4.2 mi away

3%5

Frankfort16.6 mi away

2%4

Inland9.2 mi away

2%4

Cadillac31.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%60

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

How far

How far Thompsonville commutes

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

18%

56%

19%

18%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thompsonville is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thompsonville are

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

Jobs based in Thompsonville

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less57%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Thompsonville residents hold

180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+1300%

Jobs based in Thompsonville, 2011 → 2021: 2 → 28. 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.