Work & commute · Wilson

Work & commute in Wilson, MI

Most working residents leave Wilson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Boyne City (22%), Boyne Valley (10%) and East Jordan (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 818 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 805 Wilson residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilson.

805live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilson goes to work

Boyne City3.4 mi away

22%178

Boyne Valley7.4 mi away

10%85

East Jordan5.2 mi away

9%70

Petoskey13.8 mi away

8%64

Charlevoix15 mi away

5%37

Bear Creek14.2 mi away

4%30

Charlevoix15.9 mi away

4%30

Gaylord19.8 mi away

2%18

Melrose7.6 mi away

2%17

Traverse City39.9 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%275

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

How far

How far Wilson commutes

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

47%

31%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilson is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilson are

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

Jobs based in Wilson

173 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Wilson residents hold

818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−49%

Jobs based in Wilson, 2011 → 2021: 342 → 173. 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.