Most of Levering commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
40% of workers work from home (Michigan 14%). Levering has 25 jobs; 69 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Levering; the top destination outside it is Petoskey (16%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Levering by day and by night
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29 people are in Levering on a workday afternoon, 60% 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 Levering’s working residents head each day
Where Levering clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Levering: what the 25 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Levering, 2011 → 2021: 27 → 25. 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 Levering’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Levering
of Levering workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 40% 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.
Half of Levering commutes less than 19 miles
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.
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 Levering: questions
What is the median household income in Levering?
$40,156 (±$39,708) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Levering?
9.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Levering work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (16%, 20 mi), Little Traverse Township (9%, 15 mi), Bear Creek Township (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Levering without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Levering, from the people who make the trip.
More of Levering
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.