Work & commute · Plainfield

Work & commute in Plainfield, MI

Most working residents leave Plainfield for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Tawas City (7%), Baldwin (4%) and West Branch (3%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

118 of 933 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 815 Plainfield residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 264 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plainfield.

815live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

264work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plainfield goes to work

Plainfield (in town)right here

13%118

Tawas City16.4 mi away

7%61

Baldwin16.5 mi away

4%37

West Branch25 mi away

3%24

Au Sable19.6 mi away

3%24

East Tawas17 mi away

2%23

Tawas12.8 mi away

2%18

Standish32.1 mi away

2%17

Midland59.6 mi away

2%16

Saginaw70 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%580

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

How far

How far Plainfield commutes

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

16%

27%

10%

47%

16%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plainfield is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plainfield are

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

Jobs based in Plainfield

382 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Plainfield residents hold

933 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−35%

Jobs based in Plainfield, 2011 → 2021: 588 → 382. 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.