Work & commute · Blumfield

Work & commute in Blumfield, MI

Most working residents leave Blumfield for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Frankenmuth (19%), Saginaw (14%) and Buena Vista (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 877 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 841 Blumfield residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 535 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blumfield.

841live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

535work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blumfield goes to work

Frankenmuth7 mi away

19%167

Saginaw9.8 mi away

14%120

Buena Vista5.2 mi away

4%37

Saginaw13.2 mi away

4%36

Blumfield (in town)right here

4%36

Bridgeport8.2 mi away

4%33

Midland27.1 mi away

3%27

Bay City12.6 mi away

3%23

Caro18.4 mi away

2%19

Kochville12.4 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%366

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

How far

How far Blumfield commutes

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

40%

30%

10%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blumfield is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blumfield are

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

Jobs based in Blumfield

571 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities74%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Blumfield residents hold

877 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+114%

Jobs based in Blumfield, 2011 → 2021: 267 → 571. 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.