Photo: User:Ginothewall30 · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Greilickville
Working residents average 18 minutes each way (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). Employers in Greilickville report 895 jobs, against 647 working residents. Below the poverty line: 3.3% of residents, next to 13.2% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Greilickville, in brief
39% of Greilickville works in Traverse City
254 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Traverse City, 4.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 10 times as many as work in Greilickville itself. The commute map ↓
Most Greilickville residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Greilickville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Greilickville went from 581 in 2011 to 895 in 2021, +54%. 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; with 647 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
39% of working residents work in Traverse City
Where Greilickville clocks in
39% of workers
16% of workers
6% 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.
Half of Greilickville commutes less than 5 miles
About 21% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Greilickville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greilickville, 2011 → 2021: 581 → 895. 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 Greilickville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Greilickville
On a workday 620 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 868 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Greilickville on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 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.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Greilickville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greilickville workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 643 commuters (the 14% 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.
Bordering towns draw 39% of Greilickville’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greilickville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greilickville | – | — | — | 18 min | $93,750 |
| Traverse City | 39% | C+ | A+ | 17 min | $74,087 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Traverse City. Darker towns draw more of Greilickville’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 Greilickville: questions
What is the median household income in Greilickville?
$93,750 (±$29,945) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greilickville?
3.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greilickville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greilickville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (39%, 5 mi), Garfield Township (16%, 6 mi), Elmwood Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Greilickville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greilickville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greilickville
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.