Work & commute · Big Creek

Work & commute in Big Creek, MI

Most working residents leave Big Creek for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Comins (9%), Mentor (6%) and Greenwood (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

113 of 766 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 653 Big Creek residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Creek.

653live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Creek goes to work

Big Creek (in town)right here

15%113

Comins15 mi away

9%71

Mentor11.7 mi away

6%45

Greenwood11.7 mi away

5%36

Grayling22.9 mi away

3%22

Elmer11.3 mi away

3%21

West Branch22.7 mi away

2%15

Alpena53.9 mi away

2%14

Lansing131.4 mi away

2%12

Gaylord35.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%406

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

How far

How far Big Creek commutes

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

29%

17%

18%

36%

29%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Creek is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Creek are

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

Jobs based in Big Creek

354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Big Creek residents hold

766 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−35%

Jobs based in Big Creek, 2011 → 2021: 544 → 354. 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.