Work & commute · Auburn

Work & commute in Auburn, MI

Most working residents leave Auburn for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (24%), Bay City (10%) and Saginaw (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 807 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 792 Auburn residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Auburn.

792live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Auburn goes to work

Midland8 mi away

24%190

Bay City9.4 mi away

10%80

Saginaw14.1 mi away

6%51

Saginaw10.9 mi away

5%42

Williams2.2 mi away

4%32

Bangor9.7 mi away

3%26

Monitor4.3 mi away

3%26

Tittabawassee5.8 mi away

2%19

Frankenlust6.6 mi away

2%17

Buena Vista14.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%308

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

How far

How far Auburn commutes

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

47%

26%

19%

47%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Auburn is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Auburn are

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

Jobs based in Auburn

480 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Auburn residents hold

807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−39%

Jobs based in Auburn, 2011 → 2021: 782 → 480. 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.