Work & commute · Wright

Work & commute in Wright, MI

Most working residents leave Wright for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (17%), Walker (7%) and Wyoming (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 1,466 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,368 Wright residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 1,461 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wright.

1,368live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

1,461work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wright goes to work

Grand Rapids12.8 mi away

17%242

Walker7.4 mi away

7%106

Wright (in town)right here

7%98

Wyoming14.9 mi away

4%61

Coopersville4.2 mi away

4%60

Kentwood18.7 mi away

4%54

Sparta8.6 mi away

3%47

Alpine5.8 mi away

3%47

Muskegon22.9 mi away

3%44

Plainfield12.2 mi away

3%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%663

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

How far

How far Wright commutes

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

35%

51%

12%

35%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wright 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 Wright are

1,559 jobs are based in Wright. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wright’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wright

1,559 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Wright residents hold

1,466 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+55%

Jobs based in Wright, 2011 → 2021: 1,004 → 1,559. 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.