Photo: Gpwitteveen · CC BY-SA 3.0Muir has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 1% work in Muir itself; outside it, Ionia draws the most (14%, 7 miles). 58 jobs are based in Muir, against 220 working residents. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Muir
Muir is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Muir, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Muir has about 490 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Muir workers work from home
Only 3% 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 220 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Muir
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Muir on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
How long Muir spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Muir workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 208 commuters (the 3% 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 people from Muir work
Where Muir clocks in
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.
Jobs in Muir: what the 58 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Muir, 2011 → 2021: 39 → 58. 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 Muir’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Muir commutes less than 26 miles
About 18% 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 Muir: questions
What is the median household income in Muir?
$46,771 (±$13,115) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Muir?
14.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Muir?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Muir work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ionia (14%, 7 mi), Grand Rapids (6%, 36 mi), Lansing (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Muir without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Muir, from the people who make the trip.
More of Muir
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.