Work & commute · Gaines

Work & commute in Gaines, MI

Most working residents leave Gaines for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (9%), Flint (7%) and Grand Blanc (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 2,757 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,706 Gaines residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gaines.

2,706live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gaines goes to work

Flint12.6 mi away

9%254

Flint8.9 mi away

7%197

Grand Blanc12.5 mi away

5%137

Mundy6.3 mi away

3%79

Warren51.9 mi away

3%77

Lansing37 mi away

3%73

Fenton11 mi away

3%72

Swartz Creek4.9 mi away

3%70

Burton14.8 mi away

2%68

Auburn Hills36 mi away

2%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,670

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

How far

How far Gaines commutes

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

24%

30%

32%

14%

24%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gaines is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gaines are

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

Jobs based in Gaines

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Gaines residents hold

2,757 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−32%

Jobs based in Gaines, 2011 → 2021: 312 → 213. 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.