Work & commute · Frost

Work & commute in Frost, MI

Most working residents leave Frost for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Harrison (9%), Gladwin (6%) and Mount Pleasant (5%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 298 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

49 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 296 Frost residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frost.

296live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frost goes to work

Harrison6.8 mi away

9%28

Gladwin16.9 mi away

6%19

Mount Pleasant35.2 mi away

5%15

Hayes3.8 mi away

4%12

Hatton11.4 mi away

3%9

Clare19.3 mi away

3%8

Chippewa36.1 mi away

3%8

Union36.7 mi away

3%8

Grant16.8 mi away

3%8

Saginaw63 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%176

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

How far

How far Frost commutes

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

17%

21%

19%

42%

17%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frost is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frost are

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

Jobs based in Frost

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Frost residents hold

298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+19%

Jobs based in Frost, 2011 → 2021: 42 → 50. 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.