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Work & commute · Clam Union

Work & commute in Clam Union, MI

Most working residents leave Clam Union for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (13%), McBain (6%) and Riverside (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
14%
43 of 306 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 263 Clam Union residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clam Union.

263live here, work elsewhere
43live and work here
323work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Clam Union goes to work

Lake CityMcBainCadillacTraverse CityHaringButterfieldClam UnionWinterfieldRichlandRiversideReederLakeHollandAetnaCadillacMcBainRiversideAetnaLake CityTraverse CityHollandRichlandHaringClam Union
1
Clam Union (in town)right here
14%43
2
Cadillac20 mi away
13%40
3
McBain9.2 mi away
6%19
4
Riverside5.5 mi away
6%18
5
Aetna6.1 mi away
6%18
6
Lake City11.9 mi away
4%11
7
Traverse City46.8 mi away
4%11
8
Holland5.7 mi away
4%11
9
Richland12 mi away
3%9
10
Haring19.3 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%119

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

How far

How far Clam Union commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
28%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Clam Union is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clam Union are

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

Jobs based in Clam Union

366 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities52%
Services (health, schools, offices…)15%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Clam Union residents hold

306 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month41%
+44%

Jobs based in Clam Union, 2011 → 2021: 255 → 366. 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.

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