Work & commute · Port Austin

Work & commute in Port Austin, MI

Most working residents leave Port Austin for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Bad Axe (12%), Winsor (9%) and Colfax (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

54 of 456 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 402 Port Austin residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Austin.

402live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Austin goes to work

Bad Axe19 mi away

12%55

Port Austin (in town)right here

12%54

Winsor26.4 mi away

9%43

Colfax20 mi away

9%39

Hume10 mi away

4%16

Verona17.6 mi away

2%9

Sandusky45.3 mi away

2%8

Flint82.3 mi away

2%7

Saginaw69 mi away

1%6

Warren109.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%213

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

How far

How far Port Austin commutes

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

19%

37%

39%

19%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Austin is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Austin are

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

Jobs based in Port Austin

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Port Austin residents hold

456 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−10%

Jobs based in Port Austin, 2011 → 2021: 177 → 159. 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.