Work & commute · Roscommon

Work & commute in Roscommon, MI

Most working residents leave Roscommon for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Denton (12%), Grayling (3%) and Higgins (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

228 of 1,254 working residents

Typical commute

29 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 1,026 Roscommon residents head out of town to work, 228 work right here, and 2,042 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roscommon.

1,026live here, work elsewhere

228live and work here

2,042work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roscommon goes to work

Roscommon (in town)right here

18%228

Denton5.5 mi away

12%153

Grayling29.8 mi away

3%43

Higgins15.9 mi away

3%32

Mount Pleasant43.6 mi away

2%23

Midland48.9 mi away

2%23

Gladwin21.2 mi away

2%19

Gerrish17.3 mi away

1%18

Lansing105 mi away

1%16

Grayling31.6 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%683

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

How far

How far Roscommon commutes

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

32%

11%

16%

40%

32%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roscommon is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Roscommon are

2,270 jobs are based in Roscommon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roscommon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roscommon

2,270 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Roscommon residents hold

1,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+70%

Jobs based in Roscommon, 2011 → 2021: 1,337 → 2,270. 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.