Work & commute · Flint

Work & commute in Flint, MI

Most working residents leave Flint for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (18%), Grand Blanc (5%) and Burton (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,161 of 10,355 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 9,194 Flint residents head out of town to work, 1,161 work right here, and 17,836 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flint.

9,194live here, work elsewhere

1,161live and work here

17,836work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flint goes to work

Flint4 mi away

18%1,857

Flint (in town)right here

11%1,161

Grand Blanc9.1 mi away

5%509

Burton7.5 mi away

4%414

Warren51.6 mi away

3%300

Mundy6.7 mi away

3%283

Lansing45 mi away

2%213

Mount Morris6.1 mi away

2%200

Fenton14.3 mi away

2%191

Troy42.8 mi away

2%186

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%5,041

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

How far

How far Flint commutes

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

45%

11%

26%

18%

45%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flint is a job hub

1.83jobs 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 Flint are

18,997 jobs are based in Flint. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flint’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Flint

18,997 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Flint residents hold

10,355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−13%

Jobs based in Flint, 2011 → 2021: 21,902 → 18,997. 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.