Jobs, income and commuting in Boyne Falls, MI
Working residents average 24 minutes each way, about the same as across Michigan. Only 2% work in Boyne Falls itself; outside it, Petoskey draws the most (17%, 14 miles). 96 jobs are based in Boyne Falls; 133 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Boyne Falls by day and by night
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Boyne Falls on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Boyne Falls’ residents
Where Boyne Falls clocks in
17% 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.
Goods jobs make up 36% of work in Boyne Falls
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boyne Falls, 2011 → 2021: 46 → 96. 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 Boyne Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Boyne Falls
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boyne Falls workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 169 commuters (the 15% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Boyne Falls
About 17% 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.
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 Boyne Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Boyne Falls?
$62,159 (±$12,589) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boyne Falls?
7.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boyne Falls?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boyne Falls work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (17%, 14 mi), Boyne City (15%, 6 mi), Boyne Valley Township (11%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Boyne Falls 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 Boyne Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boyne Falls
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.