Work & commute · North Star

Work & commute in North Star, MI

Most working residents leave North Star for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (12%), St. Johns (7%) and Alma (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 255 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 North Star residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Star.

255live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
53work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where North Star goes to work

OvidSt. LouisSt. JohnsIthacaAlmaMidlandLansingGrand BlancNew HavenGreenbushNorth StarElbaEmersonFultonHamiltonDuplainPine RiverWashingtonIthacaSt. JohnsAlmaElbaLansingSt. LouisMidlandDuplainOvidFultonNorth Star
1
Ithaca4.3 mi away
12%31
2
St. Johns16.8 mi away
7%18
3
Alma11.2 mi away
7%18
4
Elba8.1 mi away
5%12
5
Lansing36.6 mi away
4%10
6
St. Louis12 mi away
4%9
7
Midland30.6 mi away
3%8
8
Duplain13.2 mi away
3%7
9
Ovid18.6 mi away
2%5
10
Fulton8.6 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%132

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

How far

How far North Star commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

North Star is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Star are

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

Jobs based in North Star

53 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)74%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)9%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month51%
Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs North Star residents hold

255 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month46%
−16%

Jobs based in North Star, 2011 → 2021: 63 → 53. 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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