Work & commute · Forester

Work & commute in Forester, MI

Most working residents leave Forester for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (8%), Harbor Beach (7%) and Marion (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 316 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 313 Forester residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forester.

313live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forester goes to work

Sandusky13.5 mi away

8%25

Harbor Beach21.9 mi away

7%22

Marion4.6 mi away

6%18

Delaware8.8 mi away

5%17

Bad Axe27.2 mi away

4%13

Watertown14.5 mi away

4%12

Worth22.5 mi away

4%12

Port Huron38 mi away

3%9

Croswell17.7 mi away

3%8

Winsor39.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%175

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

How far

How far Forester commutes

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

12%

35%

20%

33%

12%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forester is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forester are

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

Jobs based in Forester

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month10%

Jobs Forester residents hold

316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−44%

Jobs based in Forester, 2011 → 2021: 36 → 20. 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.