Work & commute · Jerome

Work & commute in Jerome, MI

Most working residents leave Jerome for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (34%), Mount Pleasant (4%) and Saginaw (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 1,579 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,500 Jerome residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 500 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jerome.

1,500live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

500work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jerome goes to work

Midland10.2 mi away

34%543

Jerome (in town)right here

5%79

Mount Pleasant18.8 mi away

4%58

Saginaw25.6 mi away

3%47

Saginaw29.6 mi away

3%41

Bay City27.3 mi away

2%27

Williams15.9 mi away

1%23

Lincoln5 mi away

1%21

Lansing67.3 mi away

1%20

Gladwin21.1 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%702

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

How far

How far Jerome commutes

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

29%

33%

13%

25%

29%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jerome is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jerome are

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

Jobs based in Jerome

579 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Jerome residents hold

1,579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−16%

Jobs based in Jerome, 2011 → 2021: 687 → 579. 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.