Work & commute · Loud

Work & commute in Loud, MI

Most working residents leave Loud for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Alpena (12%), Briley (9%) and Hillman (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 86 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 85 Loud residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loud.

85live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loud goes to work

Alpena32.3 mi away

12%10

Briley9.9 mi away

9%8

Hillman11.7 mi away

8%7

Alpena34.9 mi away

8%7

Boyne City51.1 mi away

2%2

Gaylord31.3 mi away

2%2

Kentwood159.2 mi away

2%2

Dover27.1 mi away

2%2

Long Rapids25.2 mi away

2%2

Albert9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%42

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

How far

How far Loud commutes

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

10%

15%

34%

41%

10%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loud is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loud are

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

Jobs based in Loud

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Loud residents hold

86 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month34%

+186%

Jobs based in Loud, 2011 → 2021: 7 → 20. 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.