Work & commute · Zeeland

Work & commute in Zeeland, MI

Most working residents leave Zeeland for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Zeeland (16%), Holland (14%) and Holland (13%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

294 of 5,788 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 5,494 Zeeland residents head out of town to work, 294 work right here, and 4,119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zeeland.

5,494live here, work elsewhere

294live and work here

4,119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zeeland goes to work

Zeeland2.8 mi away

16%919

Holland6 mi away

14%814

Holland7.8 mi away

13%777

Grand Rapids18.4 mi away

7%430

Zeeland (in town)right here

5%294

Wyoming13.8 mi away

3%190

Georgetown8.6 mi away

2%139

Hudsonville5.7 mi away

2%127

Kentwood19.2 mi away

2%125

Grandville12.1 mi away

2%107

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,866

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

How far

How far Zeeland commutes

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

57%

28%

10%

57%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zeeland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Zeeland are

4,413 jobs are based in Zeeland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Zeeland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Zeeland

4,413 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Zeeland residents hold

5,788 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−22%

Jobs based in Zeeland, 2011 → 2021: 5,639 → 4,413. 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.