Work & commute · Flint

Work & commute in Flint, MI

About one in 5 of Flint’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Flint (9%), Burton (5%) and Grand Blanc (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

4,337 of 21,756 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 17,419 Flint residents head out of town to work, 4,337 work right here, and 28,520 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flint.

17,419live here, work elsewhere

4,337live and work here

28,520work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flint goes to work

Flint (in town)right here

20%4,337

Flint4 mi away

9%1,857

Burton4.1 mi away

5%1,061

Grand Blanc8.1 mi away

4%906

Warren49.9 mi away

3%691

Lansing48.9 mi away

3%628

Mundy8.7 mi away

2%488

Mount Morris5.8 mi away

2%483

Detroit53.5 mi away

2%462

Troy41.2 mi away

2%374

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%10,469

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%

26%

20%

45%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flint is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flint are

32,857 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

32,857 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Flint residents hold

21,756 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month34%

−19%

Jobs based in Flint, 2011 → 2021: 40,386 → 32,857. 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.