Work & commute · Elkland

Work & commute in Elkland, MI

About one in 4 of Elkland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Caro (8%), Winsor (5%) and Bad Axe (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

286 of 1,228 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 942 Elkland residents head out of town to work, 286 work right here, and 1,015 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elkland.

942live here, work elsewhere

286live and work here

1,015work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elkland goes to work

Elkland (in town)right here

23%286

Caro15.1 mi away

8%104

Winsor13.6 mi away

5%62

Bad Axe14.9 mi away

4%47

Almer13.1 mi away

2%28

Saginaw41.8 mi away

2%25

Saginaw44.3 mi away

2%23

Colfax13.2 mi away

2%23

Sandusky22.5 mi away

2%20

Marlette21.6 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%593

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

How far

How far Elkland commutes

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

27%

33%

14%

27%

27%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elkland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elkland are

1,301 jobs are based in Elkland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elkland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elkland

1,301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Elkland residents hold

1,228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−17%

Jobs based in Elkland, 2011 → 2021: 1,574 → 1,301. 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.