Work & commute · Aetna

Work & commute in Aetna, MI

Most working residents leave Aetna for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Clam Union (14%), Cadillac (11%) and Riverside (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 144 Aetna residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aetna.

144live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aetna goes to work

Clam Union6.1 mi away

14%21

Cadillac19.6 mi away

11%16

Riverside7.6 mi away

9%14

Aetna (in town)right here

5%7

McBain11.1 mi away

4%6

Reeder5.3 mi away

4%6

Holland8.8 mi away

4%6

Traverse City41.7 mi away

3%5

Haring17.6 mi away

3%5

Lake City8.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%62

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Aetna commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

36%

32%

25%

36%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aetna is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aetna are

152 jobs are based in Aetna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aetna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aetna

152 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Aetna residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+15%

Jobs based in Aetna, 2011 → 2021: 132 → 152. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.