With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Grand Beach works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Grand Beach for work; outside it, New Buffalo is the main destination (18%, 3 miles). Grand Beach has 26 jobs, and 90 of its residents work somewhere. At home: 48% of workers have no commute at all (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Grand Beach by day and by night
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Grand Beach 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.
The places Grand Beach commutes to
Where Grand Beach clocks in
18% of workers
12% 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 Grand Beach are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grand Beach, 2011 → 2021: 14 → 26. 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 Grand Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Grand Beach spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grand Beach workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 48% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Grand Beach
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.
12% of Grand Beach works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grand Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Beach | – | — | — | 30 min | $83,750 |
| New Buffalo Township | 12% | C+ | B | 25 min | $92,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Buffalo Township. Darker towns draw more of Grand Beach’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 Grand Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Grand Beach?
$83,750 (±$79,727) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grand Beach?
4.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grand Beach?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 48% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grand Beach work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Buffalo (18%, 3 mi), New Buffalo Township (12%, 4 mi), Grand Rapids (8%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Grand Beach 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 Grand Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grand Beach
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.