Work & commute · Prescott

Work & commute in Prescott, MI

Most working residents leave Prescott for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are West Branch (7%), Standish (5%) and Mills (5%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 76 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 73 Prescott residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prescott.

73live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prescott goes to work

West Branch16.1 mi away

7%5

Standish14.9 mi away

5%4

Mills6.6 mi away

5%4

Frankenmuth60.1 mi away

4%3

Warren125.9 mi away

4%3

Richland1.2 mi away

4%3

Rose City18.3 mi away

3%2

Tawas City20.9 mi away

3%2

Saginaw53.5 mi away

3%2

Wyoming126.4 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%46

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

How far

How far Prescott commutes

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

29%

20%

42%

9%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prescott is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prescott are

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

Jobs based in Prescott

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Prescott residents hold

76 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+2100%

Jobs based in Prescott, 2011 → 2021: 1 → 22. 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.