Work & commute · Ira

Work & commute in Ira, MI

Most working residents leave Ira for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (6%), Detroit (6%) and Chesterfield (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

134 of 2,331 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,197 Ira residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 1,520 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ira.

2,197live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

1,520work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ira goes to work

Clinton15.1 mi away

6%143

Detroit31.4 mi away

6%142

Ira (in town)right here

6%134

Chesterfield7.6 mi away

6%131

Warren23.4 mi away

5%117

Sterling Heights20.6 mi away

4%95

Auburn Hills29.8 mi away

3%81

Troy26 mi away

3%77

New Baltimore4.1 mi away

2%56

Mount Clemens13.3 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,300

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

How far

How far Ira commutes

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

20%

39%

29%

12%

20%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ira is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ira are

1,654 jobs are based in Ira. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ira’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ira

1,654 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ira residents hold

2,331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+83%

Jobs based in Ira, 2011 → 2021: 906 → 1,654. 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.