Work & commute · Bangor

Work & commute in Bangor, MI

Most working residents leave Bangor for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Bay City (18%), Saginaw (8%) and Midland (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

572 of 5,157 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 4,585 Bangor residents head out of town to work, 572 work right here, and 4,152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bangor.

4,585live here, work elsewhere

572live and work here

4,152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bangor goes to work

Bay City4.3 mi away

18%914

Bangor (in town)right here

11%572

Saginaw16.4 mi away

8%420

Midland17 mi away

7%347

Saginaw15.4 mi away

6%284

Monitor5.6 mi away

5%283

Kochville11.1 mi away

2%116

Buena Vista13.8 mi away

2%90

Kawkawlin5.4 mi away

2%88

Hampton6.4 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,957

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

How far

How far Bangor commutes

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

42%

30%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bangor is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bangor are

4,724 jobs are based in Bangor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bangor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bangor

4,724 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Bangor residents hold

5,157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−26%

Jobs based in Bangor, 2011 → 2021: 6,379 → 4,724. 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.