Work & commute · Vernon

Work & commute in Vernon, MI

Most working residents leave Vernon for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (13%), Clare (13%) and Midland (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 500 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 486 Vernon residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 242 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernon.

486live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

242work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernon goes to work

Mount Pleasant11.2 mi away

13%67

Clare5.1 mi away

13%63

Midland30 mi away

5%27

Chippewa13.7 mi away

5%24

Grant7.3 mi away

4%19

Union12.6 mi away

4%18

Surrey8.7 mi away

3%16

Vernon (in town)right here

3%14

Evart25.3 mi away

2%12

Lansing73.1 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%230

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

How far

How far Vernon commutes

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

30%

29%

16%

25%

30%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernon is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernon are

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

Jobs based in Vernon

256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Vernon residents hold

500 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+88%

Jobs based in Vernon, 2011 → 2021: 136 → 256. 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.