Work & commute · Saginaw

Work & commute in Saginaw, MI

About one in 5 of Saginaw’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Saginaw (16%), Midland (3%) and Lansing (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

2,856 of 13,461 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 10,605 Saginaw residents head out of town to work, 2,856 work right here, and 19,330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saginaw.

10,605live here, work elsewhere

2,856live and work here

19,330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saginaw goes to work

Saginaw (in town)right here

21%2,856

Saginaw4 mi away

16%2,132

Midland19.9 mi away

3%428

Lansing57.4 mi away

3%377

Kochville6.3 mi away

3%377

Buena Vista5.4 mi away

2%309

Frankenmuth12.3 mi away

2%286

Bay City12.4 mi away

2%240

Bridgeport6.3 mi away

2%237

Flint30.2 mi away

2%228

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%5,991

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.

48%

14%

10%

28%

48%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saginaw is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saginaw are

22,186 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

22,186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Saginaw residents hold

13,461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month34%

−17%

Jobs based in Saginaw, 2011 → 2021: 26,660 → 22,186. 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.