Work & commute · Alcona

Work & commute in Alcona, MI

Most working residents leave Alcona for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alpena (14%), Alpena (11%) and Gustin (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 261 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 254 Alcona residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alcona.

254live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alcona goes to work

Alpena18.4 mi away

14%36

Alpena19.7 mi away

11%28

Gustin11.4 mi away

7%17

Harrisville12.8 mi away

3%8

Harrisville12.1 mi away

3%8

Alcona (in town)right here

3%7

Midland90.4 mi away

2%6

Caledonia8.2 mi away

2%6

Lansing154.9 mi away

2%4

Oscoda24.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%137

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

How far

How far Alcona commutes

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

11%

37%

45%

11%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alcona is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alcona are

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

Jobs based in Alcona

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Alcona residents hold

261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+5%

Jobs based in Alcona, 2011 → 2021: 75 → 79. 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.