A job hub: Caberfae has 3.8 jobs per working resident, and 78 people come in to work
Employers in Caberfae report 79 jobs, against 21 working residents. Only 5% work in Caberfae; the top destination outside it is Cadillac (19%, 14 miles). Home is the office for 40% of workers; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Caberfae for work, and who comes in
On a workday 20 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 93 people are in Caberfae on a workday afternoon, 166% 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.
Commuting in to Caberfae: where workers come from
Where Caberfae clocks in
10% 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.
Most jobs in Caberfae are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Caberfae’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Caberfae
of Caberfae workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 commuters (the 40% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Caberfae
About 33% 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 Caberfae: questions
What is the median household income in Caberfae?
$59,000 (±$43,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caberfae?
0.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Caberfae work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cadillac (19%, 14 mi), Traverse City (10%, 35 mi), South Branch Township (10%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Caberfae without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caberfae, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caberfae
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.