Work & commute · Lake Isabella

Work & commute in Lake Isabella, MI

Most working residents leave Lake Isabella for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (19%), Union (9%) and Broomfield (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 613 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 605 Lake Isabella residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Isabella.

605live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Isabella goes to work

Mount Pleasant11.9 mi away

19%118

Union10.5 mi away

9%55

Broomfield3.3 mi away

6%34

Chippewa17.7 mi away

4%23

Sheridan6.5 mi away

3%19

Sherman2.9 mi away

3%17

Midland38.7 mi away

2%15

Alma25.2 mi away

2%14

Nottawa5.4 mi away

2%13

Fremont10.8 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%295

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

How far

How far Lake Isabella commutes

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

19%

46%

26%

19%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Isabella is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Isabella are

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

Jobs based in Lake Isabella

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Lake Isabella residents hold

613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−62%

Jobs based in Lake Isabella, 2011 → 2021: 140 → 53. 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.