Work & commute · White Cloud

Work & commute in White Cloud, MI

Most working residents leave White Cloud for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (8%), Newaygo (8%) and Everett (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 474 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 433 White Cloud residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 831 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Cloud.

433live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

831work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Cloud goes to work

White Cloud (in town)right here

9%41

Grand Rapids41.6 mi away

8%38

Newaygo9.8 mi away

8%37

Everett3.8 mi away

5%26

Big Rapids17.6 mi away

3%16

Muskegon33.3 mi away

3%14

Fremont11.2 mi away

3%13

Reed City25.5 mi away

3%12

Walker38.8 mi away

2%10

Lansing84.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%259

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

How far

How far White Cloud commutes

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

24%

15%

38%

23%

24%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Cloud is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Cloud are

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

Jobs based in White Cloud

872 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs White Cloud residents hold

474 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+175%

Jobs based in White Cloud, 2011 → 2021: 317 → 872. 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.