Work & commute · Novesta

Work & commute in Novesta, MI

Most working residents leave Novesta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Caro (15%), Elkland (7%) and Almer (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 523 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 517 Novesta residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Novesta.

517live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Novesta goes to work

Caro12.1 mi away

15%76

Elkland6.1 mi away

7%38

Almer11.8 mi away

7%34

Indianfields13.2 mi away

4%21

Saginaw40.2 mi away

3%14

Ellington5.5 mi away

2%12

Winsor19.3 mi away

2%10

Sebewaing16.7 mi away

2%10

Marlette15.7 mi away

2%8

Frankenmuth32 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%292

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

How far

How far Novesta commutes

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

20%

35%

22%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Novesta 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 Novesta are

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

Jobs based in Novesta

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Novesta residents hold

523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+63%

Jobs based in Novesta, 2011 → 2021: 27 → 44. 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.