Work & commute · East China

Work & commute in East China, MI

Most working residents leave East China for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Port Huron (7%), St. Clair (6%) and Detroit (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61 of 1,564 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,503 East China residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 811 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East China.

1,503live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

811work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East China goes to work

Port Huron16.1 mi away

7%105

St. Clair4.3 mi away

6%100

Detroit40.8 mi away

6%98

Marine City3.5 mi away

5%73

Clinton24.9 mi away

4%68

East China (in town)right here

4%61

Warren33.1 mi away

3%54

Marysville10 mi away

3%52

Troy35.6 mi away

3%46

Mount Clemens23 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%868

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

How far

How far East China commutes

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

22%

23%

35%

19%

22%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East China is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East China are

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

Jobs based in East China

872 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs East China residents hold

1,564 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−10%

Jobs based in East China, 2011 → 2021: 971 → 872. 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.