Work & commute · Custer

Work & commute in Custer, MI

Most working residents leave Custer for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (33%), Watertown (6%) and Marlette (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 319 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 311 Custer residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Custer.

311live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Custer goes to work

Sandusky3.9 mi away

33%104

Watertown7 mi away

6%18

Marlette17 mi away

4%14

Custer (in town)right here

3%8

Port Huron38.1 mi away

2%6

Marion8.3 mi away

2%6

Worth21.8 mi away

2%6

Lansing102.8 mi away

2%5

Brown City20.2 mi away

1%4

Bad Axe24.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%144

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

How far

How far Custer commutes

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

45%

14%

11%

29%

45%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Custer is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Custer are

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

Jobs based in Custer

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Custer residents hold

319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−48%

Jobs based in Custer, 2011 → 2021: 270 → 140. 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.