Work & commute · Pine River

Work & commute in Pine River, MI

Most working residents leave Pine River for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Alma (18%), St. Louis (9%) and Ithaca (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 930 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 889 Pine River residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 1,015 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine River.

889live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

1,015work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine River goes to work

Alma3 mi away

18%167

St. Louis3.3 mi away

9%85

Ithaca10 mi away

6%59

Mount Pleasant12.9 mi away

5%47

Pine River (in town)right here

4%41

Midland26 mi away

3%31

Union12.7 mi away

2%21

Bethany6.5 mi away

2%19

Chippewa11.4 mi away

2%16

Lansing49.5 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%429

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

How far

How far Pine River commutes

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

42%

21%

17%

20%

42%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine River is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine River are

1,056 jobs are based in Pine River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pine River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pine River

1,056 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Pine River residents hold

930 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−29%

Jobs based in Pine River, 2011 → 2021: 1,484 → 1,056. 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.