Work & commute · Curtis

Work & commute in Curtis, MI

Most working residents leave Curtis for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Oscoda (5%), Mitchell (5%) and Alpena (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 239 Curtis residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Curtis.

239live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Curtis goes to work

Curtis (in town)right here

8%21

Oscoda13.2 mi away

5%14

Mitchell12 mi away

5%12

Alpena39.6 mi away

4%11

Hawes17.4 mi away

3%9

Gustin16.4 mi away

3%8

Baldwin21.9 mi away

3%7

Harrisville24.8 mi away

2%6

West Branch29.7 mi away

2%6

Southfield145.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%160

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

How far

How far Curtis commutes

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

10%

34%

15%

41%

10%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Curtis is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Curtis are

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

Jobs based in Curtis

128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Curtis residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+24%

Jobs based in Curtis, 2011 → 2021: 103 → 128. 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.