Work & commute · Mount Forest

Work & commute in Mount Forest, MI

Most working residents leave Mount Forest for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bay City (10%), Midland (10%) and Saginaw (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 543 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 536 Mount Forest residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Forest.

536live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Forest goes to work

Bay City22 mi away

10%56

Midland17.4 mi away

10%54

Saginaw31.8 mi away

6%32

Pinconning7.6 mi away

5%28

Standish11 mi away

4%24

Bangor18.3 mi away

4%21

Saginaw29 mi away

4%20

Chippewa33 mi away

3%14

Deep River13.7 mi away

2%13

Monitor18.7 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%268

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

How far

How far Mount Forest commutes

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

12%

41%

24%

12%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Forest is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Forest are

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

Jobs based in Mount Forest

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Mount Forest residents hold

543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−8%

Jobs based in Mount Forest, 2011 → 2021: 50 → 46. 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.