Work & commute · Merritt

Work & commute in Merritt, MI

Most working residents leave Merritt for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bay City (21%), Saginaw (8%) and Midland (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 554 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 553 Merritt residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merritt.

553live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merritt goes to work

Bay City8.6 mi away

21%117

Saginaw12.5 mi away

8%45

Midland25.3 mi away

6%34

Saginaw14.5 mi away

6%32

Bangor11.7 mi away

5%25

Monitor13.6 mi away

4%23

Buena Vista7.1 mi away

3%16

Kochville11.9 mi away

3%16

Portsmouth4.9 mi away

3%14

Frankenmuth12.8 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%220

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

How far

How far Merritt commutes

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

37%

36%

19%

37%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merritt is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merritt are

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

Jobs based in Merritt

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Merritt residents hold

554 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+14%

Jobs based in Merritt, 2011 → 2021: 74 → 84. 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.