Work & commute · Forest

Work & commute in Forest, MI

Most working residents leave Forest for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (9%), Flint (5%) and Burton (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 1,768 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,691 Forest residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest.

1,691live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forest goes to work

Flint13.4 mi away

9%160

Flint16.9 mi away

5%88

Burton13 mi away

5%83

Forest (in town)right here

4%77

Lapeer13.6 mi away

4%73

Lansing61.3 mi away

3%52

Warren53.7 mi away

3%48

Saginaw27.2 mi away

2%41

Grand Blanc18.9 mi away

2%39

Davison12.3 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,068

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

How far

How far Forest commutes

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

10%

40%

25%

10%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forest is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forest are

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

Jobs based in Forest

332 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Forest residents hold

1,768 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+55%

Jobs based in Forest, 2011 → 2021: 214 → 332. 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.