Work & commute · Ellington

Work & commute in Ellington, MI

Most working residents leave Ellington for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Caro (17%), Elkland (7%) and Almer (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 485 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 470 Ellington residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 436 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellington.

470live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

436work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellington goes to work

Caro6.9 mi away

17%82

Elkland8.4 mi away

7%34

Almer6.3 mi away

6%28

Indianfields8.6 mi away

4%19

Ellington (in town)right here

3%15

Bad Axe23.2 mi away

2%11

Saginaw34.8 mi away

2%10

Colfax21.4 mi away

2%10

Winsor18.7 mi away

2%9

Koylton13 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%258

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

How far

How far Ellington commutes

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

37%

19%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellington are

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

Jobs based in Ellington

451 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Ellington residents hold

485 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+974%

Jobs based in Ellington, 2011 → 2021: 42 → 451. 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.