Work & commute · Ossineke

Work & commute in Ossineke, MI

Most working residents leave Ossineke for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Alpena (30%), Alpena (19%) and Hillman (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 601 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 587 Ossineke residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ossineke.

587live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ossineke goes to work

Alpena17.4 mi away

30%178

Alpena19.8 mi away

19%114

Hillman21.4 mi away

2%15

Ossineke (in town)right here

2%14

Green10.1 mi away

1%9

Warren167.7 mi away

1%7

Wilson9.4 mi away

1%7

Sanborn11.7 mi away

1%7

Lansing155.9 mi away

1%6

Gaylord50.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%239

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

How far

How far Ossineke commutes

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

52%

36%

7%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ossineke is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ossineke are

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

Jobs based in Ossineke

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Ossineke residents hold

601 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+96%

Jobs based in Ossineke, 2011 → 2021: 48 → 94. 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.