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

Mount PleasantBay CitySaginawMidlandLansingWilliamsSaginawBangorHomerLarkinKochvilleMonitorLincolnIngersollMidlandJeromeLeeTittabawasseeSaginawSaginawMount PleasantBay CityWilliamsKochvilleLansingMonitorBangorMidland
1
Midland (in town)right here
43%6,943
2
Saginaw16 mi away
4%611
3
Saginaw19.9 mi away
4%594
4
Mount Pleasant27.3 mi away
3%436
5
Bay City17.4 mi away
2%385
6
Williams6 mi away
2%340
7
Kochville14.8 mi away
2%246
8
Lansing65.1 mi away
1%172
9
Monitor12.2 mi away
1%161
10
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%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.

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