Work & commute · Mount Pleasant

Work & commute in Mount Pleasant, MI

About one in 3 of Mount Pleasant’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Chippewa (8%), Union (6%) and Midland (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

2,025 of 6,348 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,323 Mount Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 2,025 work right here, and 11,332 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Pleasant.

4,323live here, work elsewhere

2,025live and work here

11,332work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Pleasant goes to work

Mount Pleasant (in town)right here

32%2,025

Chippewa5.9 mi away

8%494

Union2.5 mi away

6%395

Midland27.3 mi away

4%236

Alma16 mi away

3%200

Lansing61.9 mi away

2%144

Grand Rapids62.3 mi away

1%75

Saginaw39.1 mi away

1%69

Chesaning44.4 mi away

1%64

Clare15.9 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,589

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

How far

How far Mount Pleasant commutes

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

48%

14%

29%

48%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Pleasant is a job hub

2.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Pleasant are

13,357 jobs are based in Mount Pleasant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Pleasant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Pleasant

13,357 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Mount Pleasant residents hold

6,348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−17%

Jobs based in Mount Pleasant, 2011 → 2021: 16,003 → 13,357. 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.