Work & commute · Alabaster

Work & commute in Alabaster, MI

Most working residents leave Alabaster for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tawas City (16%), Tawas (10%) and East Tawas (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 138 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 138 Alabaster residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alabaster.

138live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alabaster goes to work

Tawas City5.9 mi away

16%22

Tawas6.2 mi away

10%14

East Tawas8.4 mi away

7%10

Baldwin10.3 mi away

4%6

Standish23.9 mi away

4%5

Midland50.8 mi away

3%4

Lansing113.5 mi away

3%4

Sherman5.3 mi away

3%4

Au Sable16.7 mi away

2%3

Saginaw56.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%63

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

How far

How far Alabaster commutes

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

42%

11%

39%

42%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alabaster is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alabaster are

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

Jobs based in Alabaster

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Alabaster residents hold

138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−45%

Jobs based in Alabaster, 2011 → 2021: 33 → 18. 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.