Work & commute · Algonac

Work & commute in Algonac, MI

Most working residents leave Algonac for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Clay (6%), Detroit (6%) and Chesterfield (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 1,695 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,608 Algonac residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Algonac.

1,608live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

632work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Algonac goes to work

Clay4.5 mi away

6%104

Detroit33.3 mi away

6%101

Chesterfield14.4 mi away

5%91

Algonac (in town)right here

5%87

Warren26.5 mi away

4%74

Clinton19.6 mi away

4%74

Troy31.2 mi away

3%55

Port Huron26.3 mi away

3%48

Southfield38.3 mi away

3%48

Ira8.2 mi away

3%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%967

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

How far

How far Algonac commutes

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

16%

33%

37%

14%

16%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Algonac is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Algonac are

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

Jobs based in Algonac

719 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Algonac residents hold

1,695 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+76%

Jobs based in Algonac, 2011 → 2021: 408 → 719. 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.