Work & commute · Chesaning

Work & commute in Chesaning, MI

About one in 4 of Chesaning’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Chesaning (27%), Saginaw (8%) and Owosso (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

205 of 874 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 669 Chesaning residents head out of town to work, 205 work right here, and 1,938 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chesaning.

669live here, work elsewhere

205live and work here

1,938work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chesaning goes to work

Chesaning0.9 mi away

27%238

Saginaw18.1 mi away

8%72

Owosso13.4 mi away

5%40

Saginaw18.9 mi away

4%31

Flint24.3 mi away

3%25

St. Charles5.5 mi away

3%23

Caledonia12.7 mi away

2%21

Owosso14.1 mi away

2%18

Midland30.9 mi away

2%14

Lansing39.4 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%378

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

How far

How far Chesaning commutes

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

33%

34%

15%

18%

33%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chesaning is a job hub

2.45jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chesaning are

2,143 jobs are based in Chesaning. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chesaning’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chesaning

2,143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Chesaning residents hold

874 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+44%

Jobs based in Chesaning, 2011 → 2021: 1,487 → 2,143. 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.