Work & commute · Farwell

Work & commute in Farwell, MI

Most working residents leave Farwell for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Surrey (13%), Clare (8%) and Mount Pleasant (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 303 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 277 Farwell residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 524 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farwell.

277live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

524work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farwell goes to work

Surrey2.6 mi away

13%40

Clare5.3 mi away

8%23

Mount Pleasant17.2 mi away

6%18

Chippewa20 mi away

6%17

Grant4.1 mi away

5%16

Midland34.9 mi away

4%13

Evart20.6 mi away

4%11

Lansing79.1 mi away

3%8

Union18.2 mi away

2%7

Portland66.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%146

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

How far

How far Farwell commutes

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

28%

27%

13%

31%

28%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farwell is a job hub

1.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Farwell are

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

Jobs based in Farwell

550 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Farwell residents hold

303 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−33%

Jobs based in Farwell, 2011 → 2021: 827 → 550. 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.