Photo: Kevin Dooley from Chander, AZ, USA · CC BY 2.0Galien has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Galien report 52 jobs for 213 working residents. Only 1% stay in Galien for work; outside it, Grand Rapids is the main destination (6%, 91 miles). 4% of workers work from home (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Galien in brief
Galien is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Galien, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Galien has about 370 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Galien workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Galien workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 213 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Galien
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Galien on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Commuting from Galien: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Galien workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 174 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where Galien goes to work
Where Galien clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 58% of Galien’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Galien, 2011 → 2021: 68 → 52. 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 Galien’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Galien’s workers travel
About 27% 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 Galien: questions
What is the median household income in Galien?
$45,221 (±$13,554) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Galien?
21.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Galien?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Galien work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (6%, 91 mi), Three Oaks Township (6%, 6 mi), South Bend (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Galien without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Galien, from the people who make the trip.
More of Galien
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.