Work & commute · Sand Beach

Work & commute in Sand Beach, MI

Most working residents leave Sand Beach for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Harbor Beach (25%), Bad Axe (11%) and Colfax (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 426 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 405 Sand Beach residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sand Beach.

405live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sand Beach goes to work

Harbor Beach2.3 mi away

25%105

Bad Axe15.9 mi away

11%48

Sand Beach (in town)right here

5%21

Colfax19.3 mi away

5%20

Huron13.4 mi away

3%12

Winsor30.5 mi away

3%11

Sherman6 mi away

2%8

Verona12.7 mi away

2%8

Warren93.2 mi away

2%7

Saginaw69.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%180

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

How far

How far Sand Beach commutes

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

34%

26%

33%

34%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sand Beach is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sand Beach are

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

Jobs based in Sand Beach

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Sand Beach residents hold

426 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−36%

Jobs based in Sand Beach, 2011 → 2021: 208 → 133. 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.