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Work & commute · Foster

Work & commute in Foster, MI

Most working residents leave Foster for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are West Branch (19%), West Branch (11%) and Rose City (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
5 of 270 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 265 Foster residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Foster.

265live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
37work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Foster goes to work

Rose CityWest BranchBay CitySaginawMidlandMoffattHortonKlackingRoscommonEdwardsFosterChurchillBig CreekMillsOgemawAu SableRichfieldWest BranchRoseWest BranchWest BranchRose CityOgemawRoseBay CitySaginawMidlandHortonRoscommonFoster
1
West Branch11.2 mi away
19%52
2
West Branch10.9 mi away
11%31
3
Rose City8.9 mi away
3%9
4
Ogemaw8.6 mi away
3%8
5
Rose10.6 mi away
3%8
6
Bay City61.4 mi away
2%6
7
Saginaw71.9 mi away
2%5
8
Midland55.7 mi away
2%5
9
Horton17 mi away
2%5
10
Roscommon26.5 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%136

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

How far

How far Foster commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
44%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Foster is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Foster are

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

Jobs based in Foster

42 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)90%
$1,250 a month or less36%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Foster residents hold

270 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+180%

Jobs based in Foster, 2011 → 2021: 15 → 42. 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.

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