Work & commute · Fairgrove

Work & commute in Fairgrove, MI

Most working residents leave Fairgrove for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Caro (8%), Saginaw (7%) and Bay City (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 627 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 607 Fairgrove residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairgrove.

607live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairgrove goes to work

Caro6.1 mi away

8%52

Saginaw22.9 mi away

7%42

Bay City19.2 mi away

6%35

Fairgrove (in town)right here

3%20

Frankenmuth16.8 mi away

3%18

Sebewaing15 mi away

3%18

Elkland19 mi away

3%17

Akron7.9 mi away

3%17

Winsor23.1 mi away

2%15

Blumfield13.4 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%378

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

How far

How far Fairgrove commutes

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

21%

42%

15%

22%

21%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairgrove is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairgrove are

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

Jobs based in Fairgrove

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Fairgrove residents hold

627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+35%

Jobs based in Fairgrove, 2011 → 2021: 105 → 142. 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.