Work & commute · Cambria

Work & commute in Cambria, MI

Most working residents leave Cambria for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsdale (25%), Jonesville (8%) and Ann Arbor (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,045 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,032 Cambria residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cambria.

1,032live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cambria goes to work

Hillsdale5.6 mi away

25%259

Jonesville8.6 mi away

8%82

Ann Arbor55.6 mi away

4%45

Jackson30.1 mi away

4%37

Coldwater19.3 mi away

3%36

Litchfield14.4 mi away

3%27

Hillsdale4.8 mi away

2%26

Toledo, OH56.4 mi away

2%19

Troy92.2 mi away

2%17

Cambria (in town)right here

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%484

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

How far

How far Cambria commutes

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

40%

18%

11%

31%

40%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cambria is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cambria are

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

Jobs based in Cambria

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Cambria residents hold

1,045 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+17%

Jobs based in Cambria, 2011 → 2021: 106 → 124. 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.