Work & commute · Onaway

Work & commute in Onaway, MI

Most working residents leave Onaway for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Allis (5%), Petoskey (4%) and Cheboygan (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

51 of 305 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 254 Onaway residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 294 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onaway.

254live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

294work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onaway goes to work

Onaway (in town)right here

17%51

Allis6.6 mi away

5%16

Petoskey38 mi away

4%11

Cheboygan22.8 mi away

4%11

Alpena42.9 mi away

3%10

Walker9.1 mi away

3%10

Rogers City20.9 mi away

3%9

Tuscarora20.2 mi away

3%8

Gaylord32.2 mi away

2%7

Case9.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%165

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

How far

How far Onaway commutes

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

29%

20%

25%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onaway is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Onaway are

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

Jobs based in Onaway

345 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Onaway residents hold

305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−38%

Jobs based in Onaway, 2011 → 2021: 557 → 345. 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.