Work & commute · Putnam

Work & commute in Putnam, MI

Most working residents leave Putnam for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (14%), Pittsfield (4%) and Hamburg (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

181 of 3,544 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,363 Putnam residents head out of town to work, 181 work right here, and 836 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Putnam.

3,363live here, work elsewhere

181live and work here

836work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Putnam goes to work

Ann Arbor17.8 mi away

14%490

Putnam (in town)right here

5%181

Pittsfield22 mi away

4%125

Hamburg6.3 mi away

3%124

Scio13.3 mi away

3%112

Brighton10.4 mi away

3%104

Livonia30.8 mi away

3%95

Howell10 mi away

2%87

Farmington Hills30.2 mi away

2%85

Genoa8.1 mi away

2%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,059

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

How far

How far Putnam commutes

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

17%

43%

31%

17%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Putnam 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 Putnam are

1,017 jobs are based in Putnam. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Putnam’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Putnam

1,017 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Putnam residents hold

3,544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+23%

Jobs based in Putnam, 2011 → 2021: 828 → 1,017. 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.