Work & commute · Arbela

Work & commute in Arbela, MI

Most working residents leave Arbela for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Frankenmuth (11%), Millington (8%) and Saginaw (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 895 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 888 Arbela residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arbela.

888live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arbela goes to work

Frankenmuth6.9 mi away

11%98

Millington6.2 mi away

8%69

Saginaw19.1 mi away

6%55

Flint16.8 mi away

5%47

Flint19.1 mi away

3%27

Grand Blanc24.2 mi away

3%23

Vienna8.4 mi away

2%19

Saginaw23.1 mi away

2%18

Lapeer21.9 mi away

2%17

Birch Run6.1 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%505

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

How far

How far Arbela commutes

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

28%

38%

12%

22%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arbela is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arbela are

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

Jobs based in Arbela

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Arbela residents hold

895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−30%

Jobs based in Arbela, 2011 → 2021: 79 → 55. 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.