Work & commute · Birch Run

Work & commute in Birch Run, MI

Most working residents leave Birch Run for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Frankenmuth (13%), Birch Run (9%) and Saginaw (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 527 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 491 Birch Run residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 1,745 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Birch Run.

491live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

1,745work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Birch Run goes to work

Frankenmuth6.3 mi away

13%71

Birch Run1.8 mi away

9%47

Saginaw14.1 mi away

8%40

Flint17.1 mi away

6%30

Saginaw18 mi away

5%24

Bridgeport7.9 mi away

4%22

Flint16.4 mi away

4%19

Lansing53.7 mi away

3%16

Vienna5.1 mi away

3%16

Midland34 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%229

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

How far

How far Birch Run commutes

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

31%

34%

10%

24%

31%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Birch Run is a job hub

3.38jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Birch Run are

1,781 jobs are based in Birch Run. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Birch Run’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Birch Run

1,781 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Birch Run residents hold

527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−22%

Jobs based in Birch Run, 2011 → 2021: 2,275 → 1,781. 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.