Filer City has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 4 jobs in Filer City; 51 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Filer City; the top destination outside it is Manistee (25%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Filer City for work, and who comes in
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Filer City on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where the trip to work from Filer City ends
Where Filer City clocks in
25% of workers
25% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Filer City
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 Filer City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes to work from Filer City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Filer City workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Filer City
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 Filer City compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Filer City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filer City | – | — | — | 17 min | $47,083 |
| Oak Hill | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oak Hill: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Filer City’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 Filer City: questions
What is the median household income in Filer City?
$47,083 (±$35,628) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Filer City?
2.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Filer City?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Filer City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manistee (25%, 3 mi), Manistee Township (25%, 5 mi), Traverse City (8%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Filer City 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 Filer City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Filer City
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.