Work & commute · Kingston

Work & commute in Kingston, MI

Most working residents leave Kingston for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Caro (18%), Almer (6%) and Indianfields (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 483 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 472 Kingston residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingston.

472live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingston goes to work

Caro11.7 mi away

18%87

Almer13.4 mi away

6%28

Indianfields11.2 mi away

5%26

Elkland12.6 mi away

4%19

Saginaw39.2 mi away

3%13

Kingston (in town)right here

2%11

Marlette9.7 mi away

2%10

Koylton5.4 mi away

2%9

Sandusky17.3 mi away

2%8

Sterling Heights60.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%264

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

How far

How far Kingston commutes

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

14%

41%

22%

23%

14%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingston is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingston are

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

Jobs based in Kingston

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Kingston residents hold

483 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+1%

Jobs based in Kingston, 2011 → 2021: 94 → 95. 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.