Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 3.0Beulah draws 225 commuters a day, with 3.0 jobs for every working resident
Beulah has 228 jobs, and 75 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% stay in Beulah for work; outside it, Frankfort is the main destination (13%, 6 miles). 20% of workers work from home (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Beulah for work, and who comes in
On a workday 72 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 470 people are in Beulah on a workday afternoon, 49% more 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.
Where the people who work in Beulah live
Where Beulah clocks in
13% of workers
13% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Beulah
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beulah, 2011 → 2021: 63 → 228. 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 Beulah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Beulah’s commute takes about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beulah workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 20% 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.
How far it is to work from Beulah
About 25% 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.
How Beulah compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beulah workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah | – | — | — | 13 min | $71,000 |
| Benzonia | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Benzonia: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beulah’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 Beulah: questions
What is the median household income in Beulah?
$71,000 (±$38,467) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beulah?
13.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beulah?
13 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beulah work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frankfort (13%, 6 mi), Traverse City (13%, 26 mi), Benzonia Township (13%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Beulah without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beulah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beulah
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.