Work & commute · Edwards

Work & commute in Edwards, MI

Most working residents leave Edwards for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are West Branch (17%), West Branch (9%) and Horton (3%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 508 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 500 Edwards residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edwards.

500live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edwards goes to work

West Branch6 mi away

17%85

West Branch9.5 mi away

9%48

Horton6.3 mi away

3%17

Lansing103.6 mi away

2%12

Midland40.1 mi away

2%11

Standish23 mi away

2%10

Farmington Hills127.5 mi away

2%8

Edwards (in town)right here

2%8

Ogemaw7.7 mi away

2%8

Mount Pleasant47.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%294

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

How far

How far Edwards commutes

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

31%

13%

14%

42%

31%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edwards is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edwards are

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

Jobs based in Edwards

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Edwards residents hold

508 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+204%

Jobs based in Edwards, 2011 → 2021: 25 → 76. 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.