Most of Vineyard Lake commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Vineyard Lake report 23 jobs; 313 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Vineyard Lake itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (11%, 14 miles). 22% of workers have no commute at all; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Vineyard Lake apart on work
Vineyard Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 62 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 475 hours of commuting, 291 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Vineyard Lake is a place people come home to
There are 23 jobs based in Vineyard Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Vineyard Lake has about 740 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Vineyard Lake
22% of Vineyard Lake workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. 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 313 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 62 minutes each way for Vineyard Lake’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 19.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vineyard Lake workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 509 commuters (the 22% 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.
Who commutes out of Vineyard Lake, and who commutes in
On a workday 310 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Vineyard Lake on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Vineyard Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Vineyard Lake clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
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.
A place that makes things: 30% of Vineyard Lake’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vineyard Lake, 2011 → 2021: 21 → 23. 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 Vineyard Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Vineyard Lake commutes less than 17 miles
About 21% 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 Vineyard Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Vineyard Lake?
$86,146 (±$54,440) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vineyard Lake?
1.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vineyard Lake?
62 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vineyard Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (11%, 14 mi), Columbia Township (9%, 3 mi), Ann Arbor (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Vineyard Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vineyard Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vineyard Lake
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.