Work & commute · Middle Branch

Work & commute in Middle Branch, MI

Most working residents leave Middle Branch for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (15%), Evart (12%) and Marion (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 243 Middle Branch residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middle Branch.

243live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middle Branch goes to work

Cadillac20.5 mi away

15%36

Evart11 mi away

12%30

Marion6 mi away

9%21

McBain11.9 mi away

4%10

Haring22.6 mi away

4%9

Big Rapids28.3 mi away

3%8

Reed City21 mi away

3%7

Richland13.9 mi away

3%7

Clam Union13.9 mi away

2%6

Holland99.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%107

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

How far

How far Middle Branch commutes

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

15%

51%

25%

15%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middle Branch is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middle Branch are

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

Jobs based in Middle Branch

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less55%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Middle Branch residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+29%

Jobs based in Middle Branch, 2011 → 2021: 17 → 22. 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.