Work & commute · Port Huron

Work & commute in Port Huron, MI

About one in 4 of Port Huron’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Marysville (6%), Fort Gratiot (5%) and Port Huron (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

2,623 of 11,635 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 9,012 Port Huron residents head out of town to work, 2,623 work right here, and 9,515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Huron.

9,012live here, work elsewhere

2,623live and work here

9,515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Huron goes to work

Port Huron (in town)right here

23%2,623

Marysville6.4 mi away

6%732

Fort Gratiot4.5 mi away

5%589

Port Huron2.6 mi away

4%442

Detroit54.2 mi away

4%420

Auburn Hills46.6 mi away

3%340

Troy45.9 mi away

3%294

St. Clair11.9 mi away

2%269

Southfield55.2 mi away

2%244

Warren45.8 mi away

2%221

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%5,461

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

How far

How far Port Huron commutes

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

40%

25%

29%

40%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Huron is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Huron are

12,138 jobs are based in Port Huron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Huron’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Huron

12,138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Port Huron residents hold

11,635 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−25%

Jobs based in Port Huron, 2011 → 2021: 16,091 → 12,138. 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.