Work & commute · Sage

Work & commute in Sage, MI

Most working residents leave Sage for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gladwin (21%), Midland (8%) and Beaverton (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 764 working residents

Typical commute

31 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 757 Sage residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sage.

757live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sage goes to work

Gladwin4.7 mi away

21%160

Midland32.5 mi away

8%64

Beaverton11.1 mi away

3%23

Gladwin6.7 mi away

3%20

Grout6 mi away

2%17

Saginaw48.3 mi away

2%16

Clare17.8 mi away

2%15

Mount Pleasant32.3 mi away

2%15

Warren18.1 mi away

1%11

Saginaw52 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%414

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

How far

How far Sage commutes

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

30%

13%

24%

33%

30%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sage is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sage are

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

Jobs based in Sage

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Sage residents hold

764 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−73%

Jobs based in Sage, 2011 → 2021: 419 → 114. 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.