Work & commute · Victory

Work & commute in Victory, MI

Most working residents leave Victory for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ludington (15%), Pere Marquette (11%) and Manistee (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 495 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 475 Victory residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Victory.

475live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Victory goes to work

Ludington7.7 mi away

15%76

Pere Marquette8.5 mi away

11%52

Manistee14.3 mi away

5%25

Victory (in town)right here

4%20

Grand Rapids81.9 mi away

4%19

Manistee17.7 mi away

4%18

Amber5.5 mi away

4%18

Muskegon56.2 mi away

3%16

Kentwood88 mi away

3%14

Stronach14.8 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%228

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

How far

How far Victory commutes

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

37%

17%

39%

37%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Victory is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Victory are

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

Jobs based in Victory

281 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Victory residents hold

495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+265%

Jobs based in Victory, 2011 → 2021: 77 → 281. 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.