Parkdale draws 866 commuters a day, with 4.0 jobs for every working resident
There are 881 jobs in Parkdale, and 220 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% work in Parkdale itself; outside it, Manistee Township draws the most (24%, 2 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Parkdale, in brief
Parkdale fills up on a workday
Parkdale has 881 jobs, 4.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,200 people are in town, more than double the 570 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Parkdale workers work from home
Only 0% 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.
Who works in Parkdale, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 205 residents head out to work and 15 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Parkdale on a workday afternoon, 115% more 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 far it is to work from Parkdale
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.
The daily trip from Parkdale: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parkdale workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 126 commuters (the 0% 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 Parkdale’s workers come from
Where Parkdale clocks in
24% of workers
14% 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.
What Parkdale’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parkdale, 2011 → 2021: 930 → 881. 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 Parkdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Parkdale: questions
What is the median household income in Parkdale?
$45,000 (±$15,424) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parkdale?
27.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parkdale?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parkdale work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manistee Township (24%, 2 mi), Manistee (14%, 3 mi), Stronach Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Parkdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parkdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parkdale
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.