Work & commute · Chippewa

Work & commute in Chippewa, MI

Most working residents leave Chippewa for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (19%), Union (6%) and Midland (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

304 of 1,666 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,362 Chippewa residents head out of town to work, 304 work right here, and 3,232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chippewa.

1,362live here, work elsewhere

304live and work here

3,232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chippewa goes to work

Mount Pleasant5.9 mi away

19%309

Chippewa (in town)right here

18%304

Union8 mi away

6%101

Midland21.4 mi away

5%89

Alma14.2 mi away

4%61

Coe5.1 mi away

3%53

Lansing60.7 mi away

2%39

Clare17.1 mi away

2%33

Chesaning39.8 mi away

2%26

St. Louis12.8 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%631

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

How far

How far Chippewa commutes

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

48%

23%

20%

48%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chippewa is a job hub

2.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chippewa are

3,536 jobs are based in Chippewa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chippewa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chippewa

3,536 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Chippewa residents hold

1,666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−0%

Jobs based in Chippewa, 2011 → 2021: 3,537 → 3,536. 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.