Work & commute · Vanderbilt

Work & commute in Vanderbilt, MI

Most working residents leave Vanderbilt for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Gaylord (22%), Corwith (7%) and Ypsilanti (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 162 Vanderbilt residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vanderbilt.

162live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vanderbilt goes to work

Gaylord8.6 mi away

22%36

Corwith4.7 mi away

7%11

Ypsilanti209.3 mi away

4%7

Livingston4.7 mi away

4%7

Charlton15.9 mi away

4%6

Bagley11.9 mi away

2%4

Traverse City53.2 mi away

2%3

Warren200.5 mi away

2%3

Troy192.3 mi away

2%3

Elmwood53.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%84

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

How far

How far Vanderbilt commutes

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

35%

14%

46%

35%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vanderbilt is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vanderbilt are

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

Jobs based in Vanderbilt

132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Vanderbilt residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−32%

Jobs based in Vanderbilt, 2011 → 2021: 194 → 132. 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.