Work & commute · Buel

Work & commute in Buel, MI

Most working residents leave Buel for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (9%), Port Huron (7%) and Worth (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 371 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 368 Buel residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buel.

368live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buel goes to work

Sandusky10.9 mi away

9%34

Port Huron24.8 mi away

7%27

Worth8.7 mi away

7%26

Croswell4.4 mi away

5%19

Speaker9 mi away

4%15

Marlette19.3 mi away

3%10

Yale12.6 mi away

2%8

Elk6.5 mi away

2%8

Watertown7.3 mi away

2%8

Brown City15.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%209

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

How far

How far Buel commutes

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

21%

29%

19%

31%

21%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buel is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buel are

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

Jobs based in Buel

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Buel residents hold

371 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+6%

Jobs based in Buel, 2011 → 2021: 54 → 57. 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.