Work & commute · Valley

Work & commute in Valley, MI

Most working residents leave Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Holland (16%), Allegan (8%) and Holland (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,036 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,021 Valley residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley.

1,021live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley goes to work

Holland17.4 mi away

16%167

Allegan4.8 mi away

8%83

Holland20.3 mi away

6%66

Zeeland18.9 mi away

6%65

Heath6.7 mi away

5%54

Grand Rapids31.8 mi away

5%50

Allegan5 mi away

3%32

Wyoming26.3 mi away

3%28

Fillmore13.5 mi away

2%24

Walker32.2 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%450

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

How far

How far Valley commutes

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

18%

47%

21%

14%

18%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley are

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

Jobs based in Valley

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Valley residents hold

1,036 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−63%

Jobs based in Valley, 2011 → 2021: 200 → 75. 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.