Work & commute · Vergennes

Work & commute in Vergennes, MI

Most working residents leave Vergennes for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (20%), Cascade (8%) and Kentwood (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 2,162 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,107 Vergennes residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vergennes.

2,107live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vergennes goes to work

Grand Rapids14.2 mi away

20%427

Cascade8.1 mi away

8%170

Kentwood12.7 mi away

6%131

Lowell3.3 mi away

6%130

Ada5.5 mi away

5%117

Wyoming17.8 mi away

5%98

Lowell5.8 mi away

3%68

Grand Rapids10 mi away

3%60

Vergennes (in town)right here

3%55

Walker19.2 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%853

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

How far

How far Vergennes commutes

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

25%

54%

13%

25%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vergennes is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vergennes are

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

Jobs based in Vergennes

717 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Vergennes residents hold

2,162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+210%

Jobs based in Vergennes, 2011 → 2021: 231 → 717. 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.