Work & commute · Gerrish

Work & commute in Gerrish, MI

Most working residents leave Gerrish for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Higgins (10%), Grayling (7%) and Grayling (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 834 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 765 Gerrish residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gerrish.

765live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gerrish goes to work

Higgins6.6 mi away

10%86

Gerrish (in town)right here

8%69

Grayling13.1 mi away

7%62

Grayling14.3 mi away

4%32

Denton13 mi away

4%31

Roscommon17.3 mi away

4%30

Markey6.4 mi away

3%23

Midland62.4 mi away

2%19

Beaver Creek6.8 mi away

2%19

West Branch25.3 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%449

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

How far

How far Gerrish commutes

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

27%

18%

12%

43%

27%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gerrish is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gerrish are

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

Jobs based in Gerrish

445 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Gerrish residents hold

834 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−59%

Jobs based in Gerrish, 2011 → 2021: 1,083 → 445. 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.