Work & commute · Emmett

Work & commute in Emmett, MI

Most working residents leave Emmett for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (6%), Clinton (6%) and Port Huron (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 1,140 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 1,112 Emmett residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emmett.

1,112live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emmett goes to work

Detroit46.8 mi away

6%71

Clinton30.5 mi away

6%67

Port Huron18.7 mi away

5%59

Warren38.4 mi away

4%44

Troy35 mi away

3%39

Sterling Heights32.7 mi away

3%34

Auburn Hills32.9 mi away

3%31

Richmond14.9 mi away

3%29

Bruce17.2 mi away

2%28

Emmett (in town)right here

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%710

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

How far

How far Emmett commutes

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

27%

49%

15%

9%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emmett is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emmett are

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

Jobs based in Emmett

179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Emmett residents hold

1,140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+13%

Jobs based in Emmett, 2011 → 2021: 158 → 179. 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.