Work & commute · Gladwin

Work & commute in Gladwin, MI

About one in 4 of Gladwin’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Midland (9%), Mount Pleasant (3%) and Beaverton (2%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

246 of 975 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 729 Gladwin residents head out of town to work, 246 work right here, and 1,909 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gladwin.

729live here, work elsewhere

246live and work here

1,909work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gladwin goes to work

Gladwin (in town)right here

25%246

Midland27.9 mi away

9%87

Mount Pleasant30.4 mi away

3%30

Beaverton7.1 mi away

2%24

Gladwin4.9 mi away

2%23

West Branch23.6 mi away

2%19

Sage4.7 mi away

2%16

Ypsilanti130.3 mi away

2%15

Clare17.5 mi away

1%14

Lansing87.8 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%487

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

How far

How far Gladwin commutes

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

35%

13%

24%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gladwin is a job hub

2.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gladwin are

2,155 jobs are based in Gladwin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gladwin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gladwin

2,155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Gladwin residents hold

975 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+19%

Jobs based in Gladwin, 2011 → 2021: 1,813 → 2,155. 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.