Work & commute · Elmira

Work & commute in Elmira, MI

Most working residents leave Elmira for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gaylord (29%), Livingston (6%) and Bagley (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 659 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 658 Elmira residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmira.

658live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmira goes to work

Gaylord7 mi away

29%191

Livingston5.9 mi away

6%41

Bagley10.1 mi away

4%27

Traverse City45.4 mi away

3%19

Petoskey22.3 mi away

3%17

Dover11.2 mi away

2%16

Boyne City14 mi away

2%15

Bear Creek19.5 mi away

2%12

East Jordan17.6 mi away

2%11

Grayling29.4 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%300

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

How far

How far Elmira commutes

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

44%

14%

28%

44%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmira is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmira are

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

Jobs based in Elmira

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Elmira residents hold

659 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+23%

Jobs based in Elmira, 2011 → 2021: 64 → 79. 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.