Work & commute · Mikado

Work & commute in Mikado, MI

Most working residents leave Mikado for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Gustin (13%), Au Sable (7%) and Oscoda (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 255 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 248 Mikado residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mikado.

248live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mikado goes to work

Gustin6.2 mi away

13%32

Au Sable13.6 mi away

7%19

Oscoda6.7 mi away

7%18

Alpena35.8 mi away

5%14

Harrisville12.8 mi away

5%13

Harrisville10 mi away

4%9

Baldwin16.6 mi away

4%9

Alpena37.2 mi away

4%9

Hawes10.7 mi away

3%8

Curtis13 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%117

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

How far

How far Mikado commutes

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

23%

29%

16%

32%

23%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mikado is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mikado are

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

Jobs based in Mikado

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Mikado residents hold

255 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month33%

−32%

Jobs based in Mikado, 2011 → 2021: 73 → 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.