Work & commute · James

Work & commute in James, MI

Most working residents leave James for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Saginaw (18%), Saginaw (17%) and Midland (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 754 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 733 James residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in James.

733live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where James goes to work

Saginaw6.1 mi away

18%137

Saginaw6 mi away

17%127

Midland20 mi away

8%57

Thomas5.9 mi away

5%36

Kochville10.3 mi away

3%24

James (in town)right here

3%21

Tittabawassee10.9 mi away

3%20

Bridgeport9.1 mi away

3%19

Bay City17.6 mi away

2%13

Buena Vista11.5 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%287

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

How far

How far James commutes

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

53%

19%

53%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

James is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in James are

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

Jobs based in James

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs James residents hold

754 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+24%

Jobs based in James, 2011 → 2021: 100 → 124. 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.