Work & commute · Frankenmuth

Work & commute in Frankenmuth, MI

About one in 3 of Frankenmuth’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Saginaw (10%), Saginaw (5%) and Midland (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

673 of 2,045 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,372 Frankenmuth residents head out of town to work, 673 work right here, and 4,742 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frankenmuth.

1,372live here, work elsewhere

673live and work here

4,742work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frankenmuth goes to work

Frankenmuth (in town)right here

33%673

Saginaw12.3 mi away

10%208

Saginaw16.3 mi away

5%104

Midland31.9 mi away

3%60

Bay City19.3 mi away

2%41

Flint21.4 mi away

2%39

Bridgeport6.9 mi away

2%37

Flint22.7 mi away

2%35

Buena Vista10.3 mi away

2%35

Lansing59.6 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%782

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

How far

How far Frankenmuth commutes

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

41%

29%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frankenmuth is a job hub

2.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Frankenmuth are

5,415 jobs are based in Frankenmuth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frankenmuth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frankenmuth

5,415 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Frankenmuth residents hold

2,045 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+12%

Jobs based in Frankenmuth, 2011 → 2021: 4,818 → 5,415. 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.