Work & commute · Bagley

Work & commute in Bagley, MI

Most working residents leave Bagley for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Gaylord (29%), Livingston (4%) and Traverse City (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

117 of 2,282 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,165 Bagley residents head out of town to work, 117 work right here, and 778 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bagley.

2,165live here, work elsewhere

117live and work here

778work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bagley goes to work

Gaylord3.5 mi away

29%673

Bagley (in town)right here

5%117

Livingston7.3 mi away

4%94

Traverse City48.7 mi away

2%56

Petoskey32.1 mi away

2%52

Grayling21.8 mi away

2%44

Garfield50.7 mi away

2%42

Dover7.9 mi away

2%37

Ypsilanti197.8 mi away

1%30

Grayling20.3 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,111

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

How far

How far Bagley commutes

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

43%

15%

33%

43%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bagley is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bagley are

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

Jobs based in Bagley

895 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Bagley residents hold

2,282 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+30%

Jobs based in Bagley, 2011 → 2021: 689 → 895. 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.