Work & commute · Dwight

Work & commute in Dwight, MI

Most working residents leave Dwight for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bad Axe (21%), Winsor (11%) and Colfax (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 253 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 248 Dwight residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dwight.

248live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dwight goes to work

Bad Axe13 mi away

21%54

Winsor20.9 mi away

11%29

Colfax13.9 mi away

9%24

Verona12 mi away

5%13

Hume5.3 mi away

3%7

Lansing119.5 mi away

2%5

Dwight (in town)right here

2%5

Lincoln6 mi away

2%5

Midland68.4 mi away

1%3

Troy97.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%105

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

How far

How far Dwight commutes

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

19%

46%

32%

19%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dwight is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dwight are

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

Jobs based in Dwight

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Dwight residents hold

253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−67%

Jobs based in Dwight, 2011 → 2021: 210 → 69. 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.