Work & commute · Dickson

Work & commute in Dickson, MI

Most working residents leave Dickson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Manistee (23%), Manistee (8%) and Stronach (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 273 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 264 Dickson residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dickson.

264live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dickson goes to work

Manistee15 mi away

23%64

Manistee19.3 mi away

8%22

Stronach12.1 mi away

4%11

Traverse City35.7 mi away

4%10

Dickson (in town)right here

3%9

Garfield33.2 mi away

3%8

Grand Rapids93.6 mi away

2%6

Bear Lake10.7 mi away

2%6

Denton63.1 mi away

2%6

Cleon12.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%125

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

How far

How far Dickson commutes

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

46%

19%

27%

8%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dickson is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dickson are

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

Jobs based in Dickson

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Dickson residents hold

273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+49%

Jobs based in Dickson, 2011 → 2021: 97 → 145. 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.