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Work & commute · Briley

Work & commute in Briley, MI

Most working residents leave Briley for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Gaylord (8%), Albert (7%) and Greenwood (3%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
13%
69 of 522 working residents
Typical commute
35 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 453 Briley residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 325 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Briley.

453live here, work elsewhere
69live and work here
325work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Briley goes to work

GaylordTraverse CityAlpenaRustMontmorencyLoudHillmanBrileyViennaAlbertAveryGreenwoodGarfieldAlpenaGaylordAlbertGreenwoodAlpenaAlpenaTraverse CityMontmorencyHillmanGarfieldBriley
1
Briley (in town)right here
13%69
2
Gaylord24 mi away
8%43
3
Albert9.1 mi away
7%35
4
Greenwood18.2 mi away
3%16
5
Alpena36.7 mi away
3%15
6
Alpena39.2 mi away
3%14
7
Traverse City71.5 mi away
2%12
8
Montmorency11.2 mi away
2%10
9
Hillman9.9 mi away
2%10
10
Garfield73.5 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%288

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

How far

How far Briley commutes

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

20%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
41%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Briley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Briley are

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

Jobs based in Briley

394 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less34%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Briley residents hold

522 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month42%
+6%

Jobs based in Briley, 2011 → 2021: 371 → 394. 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.

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