Work & commute · Frankenlust

Work & commute in Frankenlust, MI

Most working residents leave Frankenlust for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Saginaw (14%), Bay City (13%) and Midland (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 1,430 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,372 Frankenlust residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 1,493 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frankenlust.

1,372live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

1,493work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frankenlust goes to work

Saginaw8.4 mi away

14%197

Bay City5.6 mi away

13%182

Midland14.2 mi away

9%133

Saginaw6.6 mi away

8%119

Frankenlust (in town)right here

4%58

Monitor4.9 mi away

4%51

Kochville2.4 mi away

3%49

Bangor8.8 mi away

3%44

Buena Vista8.2 mi away

2%30

Tittabawassee6.3 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%539

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

How far

How far Frankenlust commutes

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

56%

17%

22%

56%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frankenlust is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Frankenlust are

1,551 jobs are based in Frankenlust. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frankenlust’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frankenlust

1,551 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Frankenlust residents hold

1,430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−43%

Jobs based in Frankenlust, 2011 → 2021: 2,709 → 1,551. 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.