Work & commute · Oliver

Work & commute in Oliver, MI

Most working residents leave Oliver for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Winsor (17%), Bad Axe (12%) and Colfax (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 589 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 561 Oliver residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oliver.

561live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oliver goes to work

Winsor6.4 mi away

17%103

Bad Axe8.3 mi away

12%70

Colfax4.9 mi away

7%44

Oliver (in town)right here

5%28

Verona11.5 mi away

3%20

Chandler6.6 mi away

3%18

Elkland11.8 mi away

3%15

Detroit98.1 mi away

2%11

Caseville13 mi away

2%10

Caro24.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%261

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

How far

How far Oliver commutes

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

48%

17%

10%

26%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oliver is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oliver are

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

Jobs based in Oliver

254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Oliver residents hold

589 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−14%

Jobs based in Oliver, 2011 → 2021: 296 → 254. 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.