Work & commute · Jonesfield

Work & commute in Jonesfield, MI

Most working residents leave Jonesfield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Saginaw (12%), Saginaw (10%) and Midland (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 619 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 575 Jonesfield residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jonesfield.

575live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jonesfield goes to work

Saginaw18.4 mi away

12%74

Saginaw15 mi away

10%64

Midland13.5 mi away

9%54

Jonesfield (in town)right here

7%44

St. Louis14.7 mi away

4%22

Richland4.1 mi away

3%20

Chesaning21.1 mi away

3%17

Thomas10.2 mi away

3%16

Lansing51.6 mi away

2%15

Wheeler5.1 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%278

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

How far

How far Jonesfield commutes

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

15%

51%

12%

21%

15%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jonesfield is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jonesfield are

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

Jobs based in Jonesfield

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Jonesfield residents hold

619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−28%

Jobs based in Jonesfield, 2011 → 2021: 362 → 260. 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.