Work & commute · Butman

Work & commute in Butman, MI

Most working residents leave Butman for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Gladwin (13%), Midland (6%) and Mount Pleasant (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 627 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 606 Butman residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butman.

606live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butman goes to work

Gladwin9.2 mi away

13%80

Midland35 mi away

6%39

Mount Pleasant39.5 mi away

5%29

Butman (in town)right here

3%21

West Branch14.8 mi away

2%15

Saginaw50.1 mi away

2%14

Saginaw53.5 mi away

2%13

Ypsilanti137.6 mi away

2%12

Bay City45 mi away

1%9

Grout12.9 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%386

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

How far

How far Butman commutes

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

15%

18%

24%

44%

15%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butman is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Butman are

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

Jobs based in Butman

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Butman residents hold

627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−5%

Jobs based in Butman, 2011 → 2021: 92 → 87. 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.