Work & commute · Bad Axe

Work & commute in Bad Axe, MI

About one in 4 of Bad Axe’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Colfax (11%), Winsor (6%) and Verona (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

303 of 1,198 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 895 Bad Axe residents head out of town to work, 303 work right here, and 2,234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bad Axe.

895live here, work elsewhere

303live and work here

2,234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bad Axe goes to work

Bad Axe (in town)right here

25%303

Colfax3.4 mi away

11%133

Winsor14.7 mi away

6%75

Verona3.3 mi away

6%66

Caro29.7 mi away

2%24

Harbor Beach17.4 mi away

2%22

Elkland14.9 mi away

2%18

Lansing108.9 mi away

1%14

Detroit98.4 mi away

1%13

Bingham6.5 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%517

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

How far

How far Bad Axe commutes

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

45%

16%

32%

45%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bad Axe is a job hub

2.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bad Axe are

2,537 jobs are based in Bad Axe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bad Axe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bad Axe

2,537 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Bad Axe residents hold

1,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+6%

Jobs based in Bad Axe, 2011 → 2021: 2,386 → 2,537. 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.