With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Level Park-Oak Park works elsewhere
For 10% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Michigan. 111 jobs are based in Level Park-Oak Park, and 1,272 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Level Park-Oak Park stands out on work
Level Park-Oak Park is a place people come home to
There are 111 jobs based in Level Park-Oak Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Level Park-Oak Park has about 2,300 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Level Park-Oak Park and Battle Creek trade workers both ways
Battle Creek is the top workplace for Level Park-Oak Park residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Level Park-Oak Park come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Level Park-Oak Park by day and by night
On a workday 1,257 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Level Park-Oak Park on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
35% of working residents work in Battle Creek
Where Level Park-Oak Park clocks in
35% 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 Level Park-Oak Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Level Park-Oak Park, 2011 → 2021: 133 → 111. 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 Level Park-Oak Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Level Park-Oak Park’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Level Park-Oak Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,321 commuters (the 10% 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 Level Park-Oak Park
About 16% 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.
35% of Level Park-Oak Park works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Level Park-Oak Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level Park-Oak Park | – | — | — | 20 min | $70,652 |
| Battle Creek | 35% | C− | B+ | 19 min | $55,693 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Battle Creek. Darker towns draw more of Level Park-Oak 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 Level Park-Oak Park: questions
What is the median household income in Level Park-Oak Park?
$70,652 (±$10,188) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Level Park-Oak Park?
12.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Level Park-Oak Park?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Level Park-Oak Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Battle Creek (35%, 5 mi), Emmett Township (4%, 10 mi), Bedford Township (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Level Park-Oak Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Level Park-Oak Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Level Park-Oak 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.