Work & commute · Almer

Work & commute in Almer, MI

Most working residents leave Almer for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Caro (14%), Elkland (6%) and Saginaw (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 666 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 630 Almer residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 692 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Almer.

630live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

692work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Almer goes to work

Caro3.9 mi away

14%91

Elkland13.1 mi away

6%40

Almer (in town)right here

5%36

Saginaw28.9 mi away

3%22

Indianfields6.9 mi away

3%21

Ellington6.3 mi away

3%18

Winsor19 mi away

2%16

Saginaw31.6 mi away

2%14

Bad Axe27.1 mi away

2%13

Detroit81.8 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%383

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

How far

How far Almer commutes

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

28%

24%

25%

24%

28%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Almer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Almer are

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

Jobs based in Almer

728 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Almer residents hold

666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+59%

Jobs based in Almer, 2011 → 2021: 458 → 728. 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.