Work & commute · Zeeland

Work & commute in Zeeland, MI

About one in 5 of Zeeland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Holland (16%), Holland (15%) and Grand Rapids (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

563 of 2,808 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 2,245 Zeeland residents head out of town to work, 563 work right here, and 15,189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zeeland.

2,245live here, work elsewhere

563live and work here

15,189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zeeland goes to work

Zeeland (in town)right here

20%563

Holland3.2 mi away

16%458

Holland5.4 mi away

15%416

Grand Rapids20.8 mi away

7%210

Zeeland2.8 mi away

3%89

Wyoming16.4 mi away

3%79

Kentwood21.9 mi away

2%54

Olive6.7 mi away

2%53

Grandville14.6 mi away

1%40

Hudsonville8.1 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%807

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.

61%

22%

11%

61%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zeeland is a job hub

5.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zeeland are

15,752 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

15,752 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Zeeland residents hold

2,808 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+60%

Jobs based in Zeeland, 2011 → 2021: 9,861 → 15,752. 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.