Work & commute · Gustin

Work & commute in Gustin, MI

Most working residents leave Gustin for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Oscoda (8%), Alpena (6%) and Harrisville (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

30 of 236 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 206 Gustin residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gustin.

206live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gustin goes to work

Gustin (in town)right here

13%30

Oscoda12.8 mi away

8%18

Alpena29.8 mi away

6%14

Harrisville5.8 mi away

6%13

Harrisville8.7 mi away

4%10

Au Sable18.2 mi away

3%6

Hawes5.1 mi away

3%6

Alpena31.1 mi away

3%6

Sanborn17.5 mi away

2%5

Midland79.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%124

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

How far

How far Gustin commutes

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

28%

19%

16%

36%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gustin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gustin are

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

Jobs based in Gustin

325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Gustin residents hold

236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+778%

Jobs based in Gustin, 2011 → 2021: 37 → 325. 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.