Work & commute · Erie

Work & commute in Erie, MI

Most working residents leave Erie for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Toledo (24%), Monroe (5%) and Monroe (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

72 of 1,956 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,884 Erie residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 635 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Erie.

1,884live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

635work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Erie goes to work

Toledo, OH9.2 mi away

24%465

Monroe11 mi away

5%90

Monroe8.7 mi away

4%86

Erie (in town)right here

4%72

Bedford5.9 mi away

4%69

Ann Arbor37 mi away

3%59

Detroit46.4 mi away

3%54

Dearborn39.7 mi away

3%52

Sylvania, OH13.5 mi away

3%50

Perrysburg, OH17.5 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%919

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

How far

How far Erie commutes

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

28%

31%

23%

18%

28%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Erie is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Erie are

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

Jobs based in Erie

707 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Erie residents hold

1,956 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−8%

Jobs based in Erie, 2011 → 2021: 767 → 707. 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.