Work & commute · Sanborn

Work & commute in Sanborn, MI

Most working residents leave Sanborn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Alpena (36%), Alpena (21%) and Hillman (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 759 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 752 Sanborn residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanborn.

752live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanborn goes to work

Alpena12.4 mi away

36%275

Alpena13.6 mi away

21%160

Hillman30.7 mi away

2%13

Green19.1 mi away

1%9

Traverse City107.1 mi away

1%8

Sanborn (in town)right here

1%7

Ossineke11.7 mi away

1%7

West Branch58.6 mi away

1%6

Wilson12.3 mi away

1%6

Southfield167.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%263

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

How far

How far Sanborn commutes

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

20%

45%

31%

20%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanborn is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanborn are

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

Jobs based in Sanborn

156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Sanborn residents hold

759 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+34%

Jobs based in Sanborn, 2011 → 2021: 116 → 156. 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.