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Work & commute in Au Sable, MI

Most working residents leave Au Sable for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Oscoda (15%), Tawas City (6%) and Baldwin (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
16%
95 of 609 working residents
Typical commute
27 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 514 Au Sable residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 724 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Au Sable.

514live here, work elsewhere
95live and work here
724work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Au Sable goes to work

West BranchTawas CityEast TawasMidlandAu SableCurtisGreenbushHarrisvilleWilberBaldwinTawasOscodaBuena VistaMikadoPlainfieldOscodaTawas CityBaldwinWest BranchEast TawasTawasMidlandCurtisBuena VistaAu Sable
1
Au Sable (in town)right here
16%95
2
Oscoda9.5 mi away
15%93
3
Tawas City10.9 mi away
6%37
4
Baldwin6.5 mi away
3%20
5
West Branch43 mi away
2%14
6
East Tawas8.4 mi away
2%14
7
Tawas12.4 mi away
2%13
8
Midland67.6 mi away
2%10
9
Curtis22.7 mi away
2%10
10
Buena Vista68.8 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%293

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

How far

How far Au Sable commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
15%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
42%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Au Sable is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Au Sable are

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

Jobs based in Au Sable

819 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)39%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Au Sable residents hold

609 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month40%
−10%

Jobs based in Au Sable, 2011 → 2021: 911 → 819. 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.

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