Work & commute · Ogemaw

Work & commute in Ogemaw, MI

Most working residents leave Ogemaw for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are West Branch (19%), West Branch (11%) and Saginaw (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 375 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 366 Ogemaw residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ogemaw.

366live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ogemaw goes to work

West Branch5.9 mi away

19%70

West Branch8.6 mi away

11%40

Saginaw61.6 mi away

3%11

Horton11.3 mi away

3%10

Standish29.7 mi away

2%9

Ogemaw (in town)right here

2%9

Saginaw64.7 mi away

2%8

Lansing110.8 mi away

2%8

Churchill13.6 mi away

2%7

Alpena71.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%196

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

How far

How far Ogemaw commutes

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

37%

10%

12%

41%

37%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ogemaw is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ogemaw are

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

Jobs based in Ogemaw

214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Ogemaw residents hold

375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+17%

Jobs based in Ogemaw, 2011 → 2021: 183 → 214. 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.