Work & commute · Gilford

Work & commute in Gilford, MI

Most working residents leave Gilford for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Caro (9%), Bay City (8%) and Saginaw (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 313 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 312 Gilford residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilford.

312live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilford goes to work

Caro11.7 mi away

9%27

Bay City13.8 mi away

8%26

Saginaw17.7 mi away

8%24

Frankenmuth14 mi away

4%14

Almer11.4 mi away

3%9

Fairgrove5.7 mi away

3%9

Vassar10.6 mi away

2%7

Winsor26.2 mi away

2%7

Indianfields12.8 mi away

2%7

Sebewaing17.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%176

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

How far

How far Gilford commutes

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

13%

52%

13%

21%

13%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilford is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilford are

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

Jobs based in Gilford

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Gilford residents hold

313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−81%

Jobs based in Gilford, 2011 → 2021: 187 → 35. 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.