Work & commute · Port Sanilac

Work & commute in Port Sanilac, MI

Most working residents leave Port Sanilac for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (15%), Sanilac (9%) and Croswell (8%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 182 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 168 Port Sanilac residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Sanilac.

168live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Sanilac goes to work

Sandusky14.5 mi away

15%27

Sanilac2.4 mi away

9%17

Croswell11.3 mi away

8%14

Worth15.5 mi away

6%11

Marion11.8 mi away

4%8

Port Huron30.5 mi away

4%7

Fort Gratiot26.5 mi away

3%6

Marlette27.8 mi away

2%4

Hume45.9 mi away

2%4

Southfield75.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%81

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

How far

How far Port Sanilac commutes

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

11%

37%

17%

35%

11%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Sanilac is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Sanilac are

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

Jobs based in Port Sanilac

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Port Sanilac residents hold

182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+44%

Jobs based in Port Sanilac, 2011 → 2021: 100 → 144. 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.