Work & commute · Grand Blanc

Work & commute in Grand Blanc, MI

Most working residents leave Grand Blanc for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (12%), Grand Blanc (8%) and Flint (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

209 of 3,187 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,978 Grand Blanc residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 3,050 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Blanc.

2,978live here, work elsewhere

209live and work here

3,050work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Blanc goes to work

Flint7.3 mi away

12%369

Grand Blanc1.4 mi away

8%260

Grand Blanc (in town)right here

7%209

Flint8.9 mi away

5%166

Burton4.7 mi away

4%117

Lansing50 mi away

3%99

Warren42.9 mi away

3%93

Auburn Hills26.1 mi away

3%90

Fenton10.4 mi away

2%71

Troy34.1 mi away

2%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,652

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

How far

How far Grand Blanc commutes

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

40%

16%

33%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Blanc is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Blanc are

3,259 jobs are based in Grand Blanc. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grand Blanc’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grand Blanc

3,259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Grand Blanc residents hold

3,187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−62%

Jobs based in Grand Blanc, 2011 → 2021: 8,523 → 3,259. 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.