Work & commute · Selma

Work & commute in Selma, MI

Most working residents leave Selma for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (35%), Haring (10%) and Cherry Grove (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 727 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 723 Selma residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Selma.

723live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Selma goes to work

Cadillac5.1 mi away

35%254

Haring5.6 mi away

10%75

Cherry Grove5.6 mi away

6%44

Traverse City32.2 mi away

5%35

Clam Lake8.8 mi away

3%23

Garfield30.5 mi away

2%12

Grand Rapids92.3 mi away

1%9

Lake11.2 mi away

1%9

Lansing119 mi away

1%8

Manton9.8 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%251

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

How far

How far Selma commutes

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

57%

13%

22%

57%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Selma is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Selma are

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

Jobs based in Selma

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Selma residents hold

727 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−5%

Jobs based in Selma, 2011 → 2021: 120 → 114. 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.