Work & commute · Richfield

Work & commute in Richfield, MI

Most working residents leave Richfield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Higgins (6%), West Branch (5%) and Denton (4%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 1,019 working residents

Typical commute

48 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 952 Richfield residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richfield.

952live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richfield goes to work

Richfield (in town)right here

7%67

Higgins7.4 mi away

6%63

West Branch11.6 mi away

5%47

Denton11.6 mi away

4%45

West Branch14.2 mi away

4%42

Roscommon16.7 mi away

4%38

Grayling25.3 mi away

3%32

Grayling25.1 mi away

3%29

Gerrish14 mi away

2%25

Saginaw65.2 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%611

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

How far

How far Richfield commutes

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

30%

13%

47%

9%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richfield is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richfield are

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

Jobs based in Richfield

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Richfield residents hold

1,019 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−11%

Jobs based in Richfield, 2011 → 2021: 196 → 174. 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.