Work & commute · Flushing

Work & commute in Flushing, MI

Most working residents leave Flushing for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (14%), Flint (9%) and Flushing (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

134 of 4,441 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,307 Flushing residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flushing.

4,307live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flushing goes to work

Flint10.5 mi away

14%621

Flint8.4 mi away

9%381

Flushing2.8 mi away

4%167

Grand Blanc17.5 mi away

4%159

Lansing43.6 mi away

3%135

Flushing (in town)right here

3%134

Burton14.5 mi away

3%122

Mount Morris5.8 mi away

2%101

Warren59.9 mi away

2%99

Saginaw22.6 mi away

2%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%2,430

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

How far

How far Flushing commutes

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

28%

29%

23%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flushing is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flushing are

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

Jobs based in Flushing

632 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Flushing residents hold

4,441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+9%

Jobs based in Flushing, 2011 → 2021: 580 → 632. 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.