Work & commute · Capac

Work & commute in Capac, MI

Most working residents leave Capac for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Mussey (8%), Bruce (6%) and Sterling Heights (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 871 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 823 Capac residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 271 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Capac.

823live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

271work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Capac goes to work

Mussey1.6 mi away

8%69

Bruce12.5 mi away

6%50

Sterling Heights29.7 mi away

4%32

Port Huron24.7 mi away

4%31

Imlay City7.9 mi away

3%28

Detroit43.9 mi away

3%27

Warren35.7 mi away

3%26

Lapeer20.6 mi away

3%23

Clinton28.6 mi away

2%21

Shelby23.6 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%543

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

How far

How far Capac commutes

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

15%

29%

44%

12%

15%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Capac is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Capac are

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

Jobs based in Capac

319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Capac residents hold

871 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−56%

Jobs based in Capac, 2011 → 2021: 727 → 319. 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.