Work & commute · Indianfields

Work & commute in Indianfields, MI

Most working residents leave Indianfields for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Caro (15%), Saginaw (5%) and Frankenmuth (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 844 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 818 Indianfields residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 680 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indianfields.

818live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

680work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indianfields goes to work

Caro3 mi away

15%126

Saginaw28 mi away

5%46

Frankenmuth18.9 mi away

5%38

Elkland17 mi away

3%28

Indianfields (in town)right here

3%26

Almer6.9 mi away

3%25

Marlette17.9 mi away

2%18

Saginaw31.3 mi away

2%17

Flint32.7 mi away

2%15

Detroit75 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%492

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

How far

How far Indianfields commutes

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

26%

24%

26%

25%

26%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indianfields is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Indianfields are

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

Jobs based in Indianfields

706 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Indianfields residents hold

844 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+69%

Jobs based in Indianfields, 2011 → 2021: 418 → 706. 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.