Work & commute · Weldon

Work & commute in Weldon, MI

Most working residents leave Weldon for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (15%), Garfield (12%) and Benzonia (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 211 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 200 Weldon residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 421 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weldon.

200live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

421work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weldon goes to work

Traverse City23.8 mi away

15%32

Garfield21.5 mi away

12%26

Benzonia8.6 mi away

9%18

Frankfort12.4 mi away

5%11

Weldon (in town)right here

5%11

Green Lake13.7 mi away

4%9

Homestead6 mi away

3%6

Grand Rapids111.9 mi away

2%5

Manistee22.5 mi away

2%5

Cleon8.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%83

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

How far

How far Weldon commutes

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

20%

50%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weldon is a job hub

2.05jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Weldon are

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

Jobs based in Weldon

432 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Weldon residents hold

211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+29%

Jobs based in Weldon, 2011 → 2021: 334 → 432. 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.