Work & commute · Saginaw

Work & commute in Saginaw, MI

Most working residents leave Saginaw for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Saginaw (21%), Midland (5%) and Kochville (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

2,993 of 16,027 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 13,034 Saginaw residents head out of town to work, 2,993 work right here, and 15,868 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saginaw.

13,034live here, work elsewhere

2,993live and work here

15,868work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saginaw goes to work

Saginaw4 mi away

21%3,427

Saginaw (in town)right here

19%2,993

Midland16 mi away

5%880

Kochville4.3 mi away

4%619

Bay City11.8 mi away

3%415

Buena Vista8.1 mi away

2%386

Lansing57.6 mi away

2%279

Thomas4.8 mi away

2%249

Flint33.4 mi away

1%240

Flint33.7 mi away

1%239

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%6,300

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

How far

How far Saginaw commutes

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

53%

15%

23%

53%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saginaw is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Saginaw are

18,861 jobs are based in Saginaw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saginaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saginaw

18,861 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Saginaw residents hold

16,027 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−5%

Jobs based in Saginaw, 2011 → 2021: 19,945 → 18,861. 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.