Work & commute · Frederic

Work & commute in Frederic, MI

Most working residents leave Frederic for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grayling (18%), Grayling (11%) and Gaylord (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 374 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 365 Frederic residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frederic.

365live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frederic goes to work

Grayling8.3 mi away

18%67

Grayling9.5 mi away

11%43

Gaylord18.7 mi away

6%23

Traverse City39.5 mi away

3%13

Frederic (in town)right here

2%9

Higgins26.6 mi away

2%6

Gerrish21 mi away

2%6

Kalkaska20.6 mi away

2%6

Ypsilanti186 mi away

2%6

Beaver Creek14.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%190

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

How far

How far Frederic commutes

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

27%

23%

17%

33%

27%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frederic 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 Frederic are

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

Jobs based in Frederic

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Frederic residents hold

374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+118%

Jobs based in Frederic, 2011 → 2021: 33 → 72. 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.