Work & commute · Hawes

Work & commute in Hawes, MI

Most working residents leave Hawes for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alpena (11%), Gustin (10%) and Alpena (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 269 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 260 Hawes residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hawes.

260live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hawes goes to work

Alpena25.1 mi away

11%29

Gustin5.1 mi away

10%26

Alpena26.6 mi away

6%15

Harrisville11 mi away

4%11

Harrisville8.9 mi away

4%11

Au Sable23.4 mi away

3%9

Oscoda17.3 mi away

3%9

Hawes (in town)right here

3%9

Detroit162.3 mi away

3%8

Curtis17.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%136

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

How far

How far Hawes commutes

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

25%

24%

14%

37%

25%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hawes is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hawes are

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

Jobs based in Hawes

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hawes residents hold

269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−68%

Jobs based in Hawes, 2011 → 2021: 316 → 101. 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.