Work & commute · Byron

Work & commute in Byron, MI

Most working residents leave Byron for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Burns (8%), Flint (6%) and Howell (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 213 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 201 Byron residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Byron.

201live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Byron goes to work

Burns1.9 mi away

8%16

Flint19.2 mi away

6%13

Howell14.7 mi away

4%8

Fenton11.9 mi away

3%7

Flint15.7 mi away

3%7

Grand Blanc17.3 mi away

3%7

Genoa19.2 mi away

3%7

Brighton21.8 mi away

3%6

East Lansing27.5 mi away

3%6

Durand6.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%131

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

How far

How far Byron commutes

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

17%

40%

29%

14%

17%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Byron is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Byron are

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

Jobs based in Byron

180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Byron residents hold

213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+620%

Jobs based in Byron, 2011 → 2021: 25 → 180. 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.