Work & commute · Kawkawlin

Work & commute in Kawkawlin, MI

Most working residents leave Kawkawlin for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bay City (14%), Midland (9%) and Saginaw (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 1,659 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,574 Kawkawlin residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 767 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kawkawlin.

1,574live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

767work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kawkawlin goes to work

Bay City8.8 mi away

14%233

Midland13.7 mi away

9%152

Saginaw19.5 mi away

8%132

Bangor5.4 mi away

6%102

Saginaw17.4 mi away

6%98

Kawkawlin (in town)right here

5%85

Monitor6.3 mi away

4%69

Kochville13.4 mi away

2%41

Williams8.7 mi away

2%38

Fraser6.2 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%675

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

How far

How far Kawkawlin commutes

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

34%

37%

21%

34%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kawkawlin is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kawkawlin are

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

Jobs based in Kawkawlin

852 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Kawkawlin residents hold

1,659 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−4%

Jobs based in Kawkawlin, 2011 → 2021: 890 → 852. 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.