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Work & commute · Harbor Beach

Work & commute in Harbor Beach, MI

About one in 4 of Harbor Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bad Axe (13%), Colfax (7%) and Sand Beach (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
23%
134 of 572 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
15 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 438 Harbor Beach residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 606 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harbor Beach.

438live here, work elsewhere
134live and work here
606work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Harbor Beach goes to work

Harbor BeachBad AxeWarrenSterling HeightsBinghamBloomfieldWinsorMarionShermanHuronSigelVeronaRubiconSand BeachColfaxForesterBad AxeColfaxSand BeachVeronaWarrenSterling HeightsWinsorHuronMarionHarbor Beach
1
Harbor Beach (in town)right here
23%134
2
Bad Axe17.4 mi away
13%73
3
Colfax20.7 mi away
7%40
4
Sand Beach2.3 mi away
5%31
5
Verona14.1 mi away
2%11
6
Warren95.3 mi away
2%10
7
Sterling Heights89.3 mi away
2%10
8
Winsor31.9 mi away
2%10
9
Huron12.6 mi away
1%8
10
Marion19.8 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%238

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

How far

How far Harbor Beach commutes

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

31%Under 10 mi
28%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
34%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Harbor Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harbor Beach are

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

Jobs based in Harbor Beach

740 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)41%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Harbor Beach residents hold

572 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month49%
+4%

Jobs based in Harbor Beach, 2011 → 2021: 709 → 740. 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.

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