Work & commute · McBain

Work & commute in McBain, MI

Most working residents leave McBain for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (20%), Haring (6%) and Richland (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

29 of 239 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 210 McBain residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 583 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McBain.

210live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

583work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McBain goes to work

Cadillac11.3 mi away

20%48

McBain (in town)right here

12%29

Haring11.7 mi away

6%14

Richland3.1 mi away

5%11

Riverside3.9 mi away

5%11

Lake City9.2 mi away

4%10

Lake8.1 mi away

3%8

Traverse City43 mi away

3%6

Clam Union9.2 mi away

3%6

Cherry Grove15.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%91

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

How far

How far McBain commutes

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

40%

32%

19%

40%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McBain is a job hub

2.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McBain are

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

Jobs based in McBain

612 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs McBain residents hold

239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+337%

Jobs based in McBain, 2011 → 2021: 140 → 612. 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.