Work & commute · Arenac

Work & commute in Arenac, MI

Most working residents leave Arenac for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Standish (17%), Deep River (8%) and Bay City (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 345 working residents

Typical commute

32 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 343 Arenac residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arenac.

343live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arenac goes to work

Standish6.5 mi away

17%57

Deep River6 mi away

8%27

Bay City30.9 mi away

6%21

Midland33.9 mi away

5%17

Saginaw43 mi away

5%16

Chippewa50.2 mi away

4%14

Lincoln9.1 mi away

2%8

Au Gres8.5 mi away

2%7

Saginaw41.4 mi away

2%7

West Branch24.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%165

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

How far

How far Arenac commutes

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

29%

37%

25%

29%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arenac is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arenac are

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

Jobs based in Arenac

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Arenac residents hold

345 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−82%

Jobs based in Arenac, 2011 → 2021: 264 → 48. 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.