Work & commute · Sanilac

Work & commute in Sanilac, MI

Most working residents leave Sanilac for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (12%), Croswell (7%) and Worth (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

73 of 757 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 684 Sanilac residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanilac.

684live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanilac goes to work

Sandusky12.5 mi away

12%91

Sanilac (in town)right here

10%73

Croswell9.4 mi away

7%53

Worth13.9 mi away

6%45

Marion11.9 mi away

6%43

Port Huron29.5 mi away

4%28

Lexington7.3 mi away

3%22

Marlette25.6 mi away

2%17

Fort Gratiot25.4 mi away

2%17

Saginaw72.2 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%352

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

How far

How far Sanilac commutes

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

19%

33%

17%

32%

19%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanilac is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanilac are

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

Jobs based in Sanilac

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Sanilac residents hold

757 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+21%

Jobs based in Sanilac, 2011 → 2021: 160 → 194. 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.