Work & commute · Denmark

Work & commute in Denmark, MI

Most working residents leave Denmark for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Frankenmuth (14%), Saginaw (10%) and Saginaw (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 1,122 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,067 Denmark residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 372 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denmark.

1,067live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

372work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denmark goes to work

Frankenmuth8.6 mi away

14%160

Saginaw16.3 mi away

10%113

Saginaw19.8 mi away

6%62

Denmark (in town)right here

5%55

Caro12.2 mi away

4%41

Tuscola5.5 mi away

3%34

Flint28.1 mi away

3%30

Buena Vista11.7 mi away

2%28

Bay City17.1 mi away

2%24

Vassar4.7 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%552

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

How far

How far Denmark commutes

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

28%

38%

13%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denmark is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Denmark are

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

Jobs based in Denmark

427 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Denmark residents hold

1,122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+23%

Jobs based in Denmark, 2011 → 2021: 348 → 427. 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.