Work & commute · Bentley

Work & commute in Bentley, MI

Most working residents leave Bentley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (14%), Mount Pleasant (3%) and Saginaw (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 305 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 302 Bentley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bentley.

302live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bentley goes to work

Midland16.5 mi away

14%44

Mount Pleasant32.6 mi away

3%10

Saginaw33.9 mi away

3%10

Gladwin15 mi away

3%9

Bay City25.7 mi away

3%8

Grand Rapids94.6 mi away

2%7

Gladwin14.8 mi away

2%6

Ypsilanti118.4 mi away

2%6

Pinconning13.6 mi away

2%5

Standish15.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%195

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

How far

How far Bentley commutes

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

41%

21%

33%

5%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bentley is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bentley are

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

Jobs based in Bentley

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Bentley residents hold

305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−29%

Jobs based in Bentley, 2011 → 2021: 35 → 25. 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.