Work & commute · Elmer

Work & commute in Elmer, MI

Most working residents leave Elmer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Comins (11%), Big Creek (11%) and Albert (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 313 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 310 Elmer residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmer.

310live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmer goes to work

Comins7.7 mi away

11%34

Big Creek11.3 mi away

11%33

Albert10.1 mi away

6%18

Mentor12.7 mi away

4%14

Gaylord31 mi away

4%12

Greenwood7.1 mi away

3%10

West Branch33.4 mi away

3%8

Higgins30.5 mi away

2%7

Alpena41.7 mi away

2%6

Bagley28.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%165

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

How far

How far Elmer commutes

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

29%

12%

22%

36%

29%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmer is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmer are

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

Jobs based in Elmer

103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Elmer residents hold

313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+41%

Jobs based in Elmer, 2011 → 2021: 73 → 103. 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.