Work & commute · Weare

Work & commute in Weare, MI

Most working residents leave Weare for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hart (9%), Hart (7%) and Ludington (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 377 Weare residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weare.

377live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weare goes to work

Hart5.7 mi away

9%36

Hart5.8 mi away

7%27

Ludington14.1 mi away

6%24

Pentwater5.1 mi away

6%24

Muskegon37.7 mi away

5%18

Weare (in town)right here

5%18

Grand Rapids65.4 mi away

4%17

Shelby11.2 mi away

4%14

Whitehall25.5 mi away

3%12

Grand Haven49.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%196

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

How far

How far Weare commutes

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

29%

17%

15%

38%

29%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weare is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weare are

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

Jobs based in Weare

141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Weare residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+37%

Jobs based in Weare, 2011 → 2021: 103 → 141. 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.