Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Bay Shore commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Bay Shore itself; outside it, Petoskey draws the most (20%, 8 miles). 47 jobs are based in Bay Shore for 254 working residents. Home is the office for 7% of workers; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Bay Shore, in brief
Bay Shore is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in Bay Shore, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bay Shore has about 490 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Bay Shore are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 254 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Bay Shore
On a workday 254 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Bay Shore on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Bay Shore: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bay Shore workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 429 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Bay Shore’s working residents head each day
Where Bay Shore clocks in
20% of workers
14% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Bay Shore: what the 47 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bay Shore, 2011 → 2021: 10 → 47. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bay Shore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bay Shore goes to work
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns next door employ 24% of Bay Shore
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bay Shore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Shore | – | — | — | 17 min | $75,217 |
| Petoskey | 20% | B | A | 15 min | $74,196 |
| Resort Township | 4% | B+ | B− | 20 min | $103,929 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Petoskey. Darker towns draw more of Bay Shore’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bay Shore: questions
What is the median household income in Bay Shore?
$75,217 (±$10,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bay Shore?
7.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bay Shore?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bay Shore work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (20%, 8 mi), Charlevoix (14%, 8 mi), Bear Creek Township (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Bay Shore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bay Shore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bay Shore
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.