Work & commute · Horton

Work & commute in Horton, MI

Most working residents leave Horton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are West Branch (18%), West Branch (11%) and Midland (3%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 315 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 309 Horton residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Horton.

309live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Horton goes to work

West Branch5.9 mi away

18%58

West Branch7 mi away

11%34

Midland39.7 mi away

3%10

Standish18.6 mi away

3%9

Mills5.7 mi away

2%7

Frankenmuth63.7 mi away

2%6

Saginaw55.1 mi away

2%6

Horton (in town)right here

2%6

Edwards6.3 mi away

2%6

Gaylord61.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%168

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

How far

How far Horton commutes

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

37%

10%

14%

39%

37%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Horton is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Horton are

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

Jobs based in Horton

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Horton residents hold

315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−23%

Jobs based in Horton, 2011 → 2021: 217 → 168. 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.