Work & commute · Midland

Work & commute in Midland, MI

43% of Midland’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Saginaw (4%), Saginaw (4%) and Mount Pleasant (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

6,943 of 16,006 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,063 Midland residents head out of town to work, 6,943 work right here, and 20,233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Midland.

9,063live here, work elsewhere

6,943live and work here

20,233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Midland goes to work

Midland (in town)right here

43%6,943

Saginaw16 mi away

4%611

Saginaw19.9 mi away

4%594

Mount Pleasant27.3 mi away

3%436

Bay City17.4 mi away

2%385

Williams6 mi away

2%340

Kochville14.8 mi away

2%246

Lansing65.1 mi away

1%172

Monitor12.2 mi away

1%161

Bangor17 mi away

1%158

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%5,960

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

How far

How far Midland commutes

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

50%

20%

22%

50%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Midland is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Midland are

27,176 jobs are based in Midland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Midland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Midland

27,176 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Midland residents hold

16,006 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−11%

Jobs based in Midland, 2011 → 2021: 30,552 → 27,176. 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.