Work & commute · North Branch

Work & commute in North Branch, MI

Most working residents leave North Branch for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lapeer (11%), North Branch (9%) and Rochester Hills (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 433 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 424 North Branch residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Branch.

424live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

361work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Branch goes to work

Lapeer14.4 mi away

11%46

North Branch2.2 mi away

9%37

Rochester Hills39.1 mi away

4%18

Imlay City15.7 mi away

4%17

Marlette8.8 mi away

4%16

Warren51.5 mi away

3%13

Flint28.9 mi away

2%10

Detroit58.6 mi away

2%9

Shelby39.2 mi away

2%9

Washington32.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%250

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

How far

How far North Branch commutes

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

16%

28%

32%

24%

16%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Branch is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Branch are

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

Jobs based in North Branch

370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs North Branch residents hold

433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+131%

Jobs based in North Branch, 2011 → 2021: 160 → 370. 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.