Work & commute · Case

Work & commute in Case, MI

Most working residents leave Case for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Rogers City (14%), Onaway (9%) and Alpena (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 313 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 303 Case residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Case.

303live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Case goes to work

Rogers City16.3 mi away

14%44

Onaway9.3 mi away

9%27

Alpena33.8 mi away

4%14

Belknap11.8 mi away

4%11

Case (in town)right here

3%10

Alpena35.5 mi away

3%9

Cheboygan31.6 mi away

3%8

Hillman14.6 mi away

2%7

Allis5.6 mi away

2%7

Petoskey45.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%170

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

How far

How far Case commutes

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

20%

27%

26%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Case is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Case are

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

Jobs based in Case

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities84%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Case residents hold

313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+441%

Jobs based in Case, 2011 → 2021: 27 → 146. 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.