Work & commute · Pulawski

Work & commute in Pulawski, MI

Most working residents leave Pulawski for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alpena (15%), Rogers City (8%) and Alpena (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 119 Pulawski residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pulawski.

119live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pulawski goes to work

Alpena24.4 mi away

15%18

Rogers City5.6 mi away

8%10

Alpena24.9 mi away

8%10

Presque Isle15.8 mi away

6%7

Pulawski (in town)right here

3%4

Traverse City102 mi away

2%3

Hillman25.5 mi away

2%3

Clark53.7 mi away

2%3

Posen8.6 mi away

2%3

West Branch80.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%60

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

How far

How far Pulawski commutes

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

16%

36%

39%

16%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pulawski is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pulawski are

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

Jobs based in Pulawski

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Pulawski residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+400%

Jobs based in Pulawski, 2011 → 2021: 13 → 65. 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.