Work & commute · Owosso

Work & commute in Owosso, MI

Most working residents leave Owosso for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Owosso (5%), Caledonia (5%) and Corunna (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,089 of 5,830 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 4,741 Owosso residents head out of town to work, 1,089 work right here, and 3,371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Owosso.

4,741live here, work elsewhere

1,089live and work here

3,371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Owosso goes to work

Owosso (in town)right here

19%1,089

Owosso3.2 mi away

5%307

Caledonia3.7 mi away

5%283

Corunna3.1 mi away

5%267

Lansing27.5 mi away

3%148

Flint24.5 mi away

2%137

Warren67.9 mi away

2%128

Flint20.7 mi away

2%120

East Lansing23 mi away

2%111

Auburn Hills52.2 mi away

2%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,152

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

How far

How far Owosso commutes

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

35%

18%

21%

27%

35%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Owosso is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Owosso are

4,460 jobs are based in Owosso. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Owosso’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Owosso

4,460 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Owosso residents hold

5,830 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−25%

Jobs based in Owosso, 2011 → 2021: 5,920 → 4,460. 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.