Work & commute · Hillman

Work & commute in Hillman, MI

Most working residents leave Hillman for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Hillman (19%), Alpena (14%) and Briley (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

29 of 194 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 165 Hillman residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 493 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillman.

165live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

493work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillman goes to work

Hillman5.4 mi away

19%37

Alpena22 mi away

14%27

Briley14.9 mi away

6%11

Alpena24.4 mi away

6%11

Elmwood87.9 mi away

3%6

Gaylord38.6 mi away

2%4

Grand Rapids169.8 mi away

2%4

Traverse City86.4 mi away

2%3

Kentwood172.8 mi away

2%3

Byron180.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%85

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

How far

How far Hillman commutes

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

23%

28%

41%

23%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillman is a job hub

2.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillman are

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

Jobs based in Hillman

522 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Hillman residents hold

194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−12%

Jobs based in Hillman, 2011 → 2021: 590 → 522. 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.