Work & commute · Webber

Work & commute in Webber, MI

Most working residents leave Webber for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pleasant Plains (8%), Grand Rapids (5%) and Reed City (5%). Half commute less than 60 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 504 working residents

Typical commute

60 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 478 Webber residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 620 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Webber.

478live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

620work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Webber goes to work

Pleasant Plains6.5 mi away

8%40

Grand Rapids69.4 mi away

5%27

Webber (in town)right here

5%26

Reed City18.3 mi away

5%23

Big Rapids25.7 mi away

4%18

Holland79.1 mi away

2%10

Walker66.4 mi away

2%9

Wyoming73.9 mi away

2%9

Ludington29.2 mi away

2%8

Pere Marquette28 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%326

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

How far

How far Webber commutes

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

15%

14%

13%

58%

15%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

58%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Webber is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Webber are

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

Jobs based in Webber

646 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Webber residents hold

504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+1515%

Jobs based in Webber, 2011 → 2021: 40 → 646. 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.