Work & commute · Meade

Work & commute in Meade, MI

Most working residents leave Meade for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Winsor (17%), Bad Axe (13%) and Colfax (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 268 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 263 Meade residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meade.

263live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meade goes to work

Winsor12.4 mi away

17%45

Bad Axe6.6 mi away

13%36

Colfax5.6 mi away

7%18

Oliver7.6 mi away

6%15

Chandler5.3 mi away

3%8

Elkland18.4 mi away

3%7

Caro32.1 mi away

2%6

Fairhaven21.5 mi away

2%6

Saginaw54.9 mi away

2%5

Meade (in town)right here

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%117

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

How far

How far Meade commutes

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

32%

34%

29%

32%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meade is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meade are

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

Jobs based in Meade

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities72%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Meade residents hold

268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+19%

Jobs based in Meade, 2011 → 2021: 42 → 50. 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.