Work & commute · Marlette

Work & commute in Marlette, MI

About one in 5 of Marlette’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (9%), Marlette (4%) and Imlay City (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

129 of 633 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 504 Marlette residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 1,327 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marlette.

504live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

1,327work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marlette goes to work

Marlette (in town)right here

20%129

Sandusky14 mi away

9%60

Marlette2.1 mi away

4%26

Imlay City21.4 mi away

3%20

Lapeer23 mi away

3%20

Saginaw44.4 mi away

2%13

Detroit65.2 mi away

2%13

Watertown14.4 mi away

2%12

Bruce33.3 mi away

2%10

Brown City9.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%323

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

How far

How far Marlette commutes

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

29%

22%

20%

29%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marlette is a job hub

2.30jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Marlette are

1,456 jobs are based in Marlette. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marlette’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marlette

1,456 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Marlette residents hold

633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+67%

Jobs based in Marlette, 2011 → 2021: 874 → 1,456. 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.