Work & commute · Huron

Work & commute in Huron, MI

Most working residents leave Huron for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Harbor Beach (15%), Bad Axe (10%) and Bingham (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 131 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 121 Huron residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huron.

121live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huron goes to work

Harbor Beach12.6 mi away

15%20

Bad Axe14.8 mi away

10%13

Huron (in town)right here

8%10

Bingham18.6 mi away

4%5

Winsor26.1 mi away

4%5

Verona12.4 mi away

3%4

Colfax17 mi away

3%4

Portland129.3 mi away

2%3

Kentwood158.1 mi away

2%3

Auburn67.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%62

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

How far

How far Huron commutes

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

11%

45%

36%

11%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huron is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Huron are

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

Jobs based in Huron

247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Huron residents hold

131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+415%

Jobs based in Huron, 2011 → 2021: 48 → 247. 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.