Work & commute · Wheatland

Work & commute in Wheatland, MI

Most working residents leave Wheatland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Big Rapids (10%), Mount Pleasant (7%) and Grand Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 441 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 411 Wheatland residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatland.

411live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheatland goes to work

Big Rapids18.1 mi away

10%46

Mount Pleasant18.6 mi away

7%33

Wheatland (in town)right here

7%30

Grand Rapids50.8 mi away

5%23

Morton5.8 mi away

5%21

Broomfield5.5 mi away

2%11

Sheridan6.1 mi away

2%10

Cascade51.3 mi away

2%9

Evart21.7 mi away

2%8

Wyoming56.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%242

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

How far

How far Wheatland commutes

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

17%

36%

16%

31%

17%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatland are

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

Jobs based in Wheatland

469 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Wheatland residents hold

441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−16%

Jobs based in Wheatland, 2011 → 2021: 557 → 469. 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.