Work & commute · Oscoda

Work & commute in Oscoda, MI

Most working residents leave Oscoda for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Au Sable (12%), Tawas City (4%) and Baldwin (3%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

373 of 2,062 working residents

Typical commute

42 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 1,689 Oscoda residents head out of town to work, 373 work right here, and 610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oscoda.

1,689live here, work elsewhere

373live and work here

610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oscoda goes to work

Oscoda (in town)right here

18%373

Au Sable9.5 mi away

12%256

Tawas City13.6 mi away

4%74

Baldwin10.4 mi away

3%54

Buena Vista71.6 mi away

2%46

West Branch36.9 mi away

2%45

East Tawas12.3 mi away

2%35

Midland67.4 mi away

2%31

Lansing131.3 mi away

2%31

West Branch33.2 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,089

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

How far

How far Oscoda commutes

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

31%

15%

45%

31%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oscoda is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oscoda are

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

Jobs based in Oscoda

983 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Oscoda residents hold

2,062 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month36%

+5%

Jobs based in Oscoda, 2011 → 2021: 940 → 983. 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.