Work & commute · Blackman

Work & commute in Blackman, MI

Most working residents leave Blackman for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (22%), Summit (5%) and Leoni (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,252 of 7,980 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 6,728 Blackman residents head out of town to work, 1,252 work right here, and 11,376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackman.

6,728live here, work elsewhere

1,252live and work here

11,376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackman goes to work

Jackson3.8 mi away

22%1,774

Blackman (in town)right here

16%1,252

Summit6.8 mi away

5%377

Leoni6.5 mi away

4%338

Ann Arbor35.5 mi away

4%310

Lansing29.7 mi away

3%215

Sandstone6.2 mi away

2%194

Spring Arbor8.5 mi away

2%128

Chelsea20.7 mi away

1%102

Detroit67.8 mi away

1%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%3,215

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

How far

How far Blackman commutes

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

51%

20%

21%

51%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackman is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackman are

12,628 jobs are based in Blackman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blackman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blackman

12,628 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Blackman residents hold

7,980 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+43%

Jobs based in Blackman, 2011 → 2021: 8,849 → 12,628. 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.