Work & commute · Charlton

Work & commute in Charlton, MI

Most working residents leave Charlton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Gaylord (23%), Corwith (5%) and Livingston (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 511 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 494 Charlton residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlton.

494live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlton goes to work

Gaylord12.5 mi away

23%117

Corwith13.8 mi away

5%26

Livingston13.6 mi away

4%22

Petoskey38.7 mi away

4%21

Charlton (in town)right here

3%17

Bagley11.2 mi away

3%16

Chester6.3 mi away

3%15

Traverse City59.6 mi away

2%9

Dover8.8 mi away

2%9

Boyne City32.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%251

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

How far

How far Charlton commutes

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

10%

39%

16%

35%

10%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlton is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlton are

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

Jobs based in Charlton

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Charlton residents hold

511 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−46%

Jobs based in Charlton, 2011 → 2021: 287 → 154. 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.