Work & commute · Seneca

Work & commute in Seneca, MI

Most working residents leave Seneca for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Morenci (11%), Adrian (11%) and Wauseon (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 445 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 435 Seneca residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seneca.

435live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seneca goes to work

Morenci3.7 mi away

11%51

Adrian11.4 mi away

11%47

Wauseon, OH14.5 mi away

4%19

Madison8 mi away

4%19

Archbold, OH18.3 mi away

3%12

Hudson11.3 mi away

2%11

Toledo, OH31 mi away

2%10

Seneca (in town)right here

2%10

Troy77.3 mi away

2%9

Jackson35.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%249

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

How far

How far Seneca commutes

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

22%

36%

19%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seneca is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Seneca are

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

Jobs based in Seneca

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Seneca residents hold

445 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+84%

Jobs based in Seneca, 2011 → 2021: 57 → 105. 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.