Photo: Gpwitteveen · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Cedar
Hardly any stay in Cedar for work; outside it, Traverse City is the main destination (35%, 11 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Michigan has 14%. There are 53 jobs in Cedar; 48 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Cedar for work, and who comes in
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28 people are in Cedar on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).
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 people from Cedar work
Where Cedar clocks in
35% of workers
17% of workers
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.
Making and building: 40% of jobs based in Cedar
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar, 2011 → 2021: 25 → 53. 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 Cedar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cedar
of Cedar workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Cedar
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 Cedar: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar?
$52,625 (±$34,379) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar?
0.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cedar work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (35%, 11 mi), Garfield Township (17%, 12 mi), Suttons Bay Township (10%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Cedar 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 Cedar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar
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.