Work & commute · Hill

Work & commute in Hill, MI

Most working residents leave Hill for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are West Branch (11%), West Branch (6%) and Cumming (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 392 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 384 Hill residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hill.

384live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hill goes to work

West Branch17.1 mi away

11%43

West Branch13.4 mi away

6%22

Cumming7.1 mi away

4%16

Rose9.5 mi away

3%13

Tawas City21.3 mi away

3%10

Rose City9.9 mi away

2%9

Bay City54.7 mi away

2%9

Plainfield7.9 mi away

2%9

Saginaw64.6 mi away

2%8

Hill (in town)right here

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%245

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

How far

How far Hill commutes

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

13%

31%

10%

46%

13%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hill is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hill are

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

Jobs based in Hill

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Hill residents hold

392 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+240%

Jobs based in Hill, 2011 → 2021: 20 → 68. 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.