Work & commute · Onsted

Work & commute in Onsted, MI

Most working residents leave Onsted for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Adrian (11%), Cambridge (9%) and Jackson (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 387 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 372 Onsted residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onsted.

372live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onsted goes to work

Adrian10.5 mi away

11%43

Cambridge1.3 mi away

9%34

Jackson19.8 mi away

9%33

Ann Arbor30 mi away

3%13

Tecumseh12.6 mi away

3%11

Pittsfield28 mi away

3%11

Columbia8 mi away

2%9

Toledo, OH39.2 mi away

2%8

Ann Arbor33.7 mi away

2%7

Madison12.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%211

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

How far

How far Onsted commutes

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

17%

38%

26%

19%

17%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onsted is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Onsted are

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

Jobs based in Onsted

232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Onsted residents hold

387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−31%

Jobs based in Onsted, 2011 → 2021: 334 → 232. 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.