Most of Trufant commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 14% across Michigan. Employers in Trufant report 30 jobs; 208 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Trufant; the top destination outside it is Grand Rapids (17%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Trufant and work: the main findings
Trufant is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Trufant, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Trufant has about 390 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Trufant’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Trufant is Grand Rapids, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (35) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Trufant workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 208 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Trufant for work, and who comes in
On a workday 206 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Trufant on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 far it is to work from Trufant
About 19% 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.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Trufant
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trufant workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 304 commuters (the 4% 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 Trufant’s working residents head each day
Where Trufant 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.
Most jobs in Trufant are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trufant, 2011 → 2021: 11 → 30. 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 Trufant’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 Trufant: questions
What is the median household income in Trufant?
$93,750 (±$19,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trufant?
4.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trufant?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trufant work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (17%, 29 mi), Walker (8%, 30 mi), Plainfield Township (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Trufant 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 Trufant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trufant
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.