Photo: Gpwitteveen · CC BY-SA 3.0Comstock Park has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
6% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. 2,513 jobs are based in Comstock Park, and 4,867 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Comstock Park itself; outside it, Grand Rapids draws the most (25%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Comstock Park, in a few figures
Comstock Park and Grand Rapids trade workers both ways
Grand Rapids is the top workplace for Comstock Park residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Comstock Park come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Comstock Park are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
A young workforce
31% of Comstock Park’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
Where people from Comstock Park work
Where Comstock Park clocks in
Lines 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.
What Comstock Park’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Comstock Park, 2011 → 2021: 3,268 → 2,513. 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 Comstock Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Comstock Park
On a workday 4,717 residents head out to work, 150 work right here, and 2,363 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in Comstock Park on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
About 21 minutes each way for Comstock Park’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Comstock Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,252 commuters (the 6% 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 many miles Comstock Park commutes
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.
How Comstock Park compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Walker (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Comstock Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comstock Park | – | — | — | 21 min | $59,984 |
| Walker | 9% | A− | B+ | 20 min | $76,360 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Comstock Park’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 Comstock Park: questions
What is the median household income in Comstock Park?
$59,984 (±$7,323) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Comstock Park?
11.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Comstock Park?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Comstock Park work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (25%, 6 mi), Walker (9%, 5 mi), Wyoming (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Comstock Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Comstock Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Comstock Park
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.