Work & commute · Fairhaven

Work & commute in Fairhaven, MI

Most working residents leave Fairhaven for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Winsor (32%), Bad Axe (7%) and Sebewaing (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 438 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 429 Fairhaven residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairhaven.

429live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairhaven goes to work

Winsor9.3 mi away

32%139

Bad Axe24 mi away

7%29

Sebewaing6.4 mi away

5%22

Oliver15.6 mi away

5%20

Caseville14.4 mi away

3%14

Caseville9.8 mi away

3%11

Colfax20.6 mi away

3%11

Caro21.3 mi away

2%9

Fairhaven (in town)right here

2%9

McKinley10.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%166

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

How far

How far Fairhaven commutes

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

47%

22%

23%

47%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairhaven is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairhaven are

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

Jobs based in Fairhaven

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Fairhaven residents hold

438 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+30%

Jobs based in Fairhaven, 2011 → 2021: 102 → 133. 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.