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Work & commute · Higgins

Work & commute in Higgins, MI

Most working residents leave Higgins for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Grayling (9%), Grayling (5%) and Gerrish (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
15%
82 of 552 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 470 Higgins residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 842 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Higgins.

470live here, work elsewhere
82live and work here
842work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Higgins goes to work

West BranchGraylingLansingHigginsGerrishSouth BranchRoscommonLyonMarkeyBeaver CreekGraylingBackusDentonAu SableRichfieldGraylingGraylingGerrishMarkeyDentonRoscommonWest BranchLansingBeaver CreekHiggins
1
Higgins (in town)right here
15%82
2
Grayling18.4 mi away
9%48
3
Grayling18.7 mi away
5%30
4
Gerrish6.6 mi away
5%29
5
Markey6 mi away
4%21
6
Denton10.5 mi away
3%19
7
Roscommon15.9 mi away
3%18
8
West Branch18.8 mi away
2%10
9
Lansing117.4 mi away
2%10
10
Beaver Creek12.9 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%275

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

How far

How far Higgins commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
40%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Higgins is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Higgins are

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

Jobs based in Higgins

924 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Higgins residents hold

552 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month46%
+32%

Jobs based in Higgins, 2011 → 2021: 699 → 924. 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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