Work & commute · Gaylord

Work & commute in Gaylord, MI

About one in 3 of Gaylord’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bagley (5%), Livingston (5%) and Traverse City (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

518 of 1,509 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 991 Gaylord residents head out of town to work, 518 work right here, and 5,001 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gaylord.

991live here, work elsewhere

518live and work here

5,001work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gaylord goes to work

Gaylord (in town)right here

34%518

Bagley3.5 mi away

5%78

Livingston3.9 mi away

5%70

Traverse City48.7 mi away

3%38

Petoskey28.8 mi away

2%27

Alpena63 mi away

2%25

Dover6.5 mi away

1%21

Roscommon54.8 mi away

1%21

Grayling25 mi away

1%20

Ypsilanti201.2 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%673

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

How far

How far Gaylord commutes

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

48%

14%

33%

48%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gaylord is a job hub

3.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gaylord are

5,519 jobs are based in Gaylord. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gaylord’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gaylord

5,519 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Gaylord residents hold

1,509 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−6%

Jobs based in Gaylord, 2011 → 2021: 5,867 → 5,519. 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.