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Work & commute · Shepherd

Work & commute in Shepherd, MI

Most working residents leave Shepherd for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (22%), Chippewa (10%) and Coe (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
43 of 619 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 576 Shepherd residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 420 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shepherd.

576live here, work elsewhere
43live and work here
420work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Shepherd goes to work

ShepherdIthacaAlmaMount PleasantMidlandLansingRollandDeerfieldChippewaCoeLincolnFremontChesaningBroomfieldUnionMount PleasantChippewaCoeMidlandAlmaUnionChesaningIthacaLansingBroomfieldShepherd
1
Mount Pleasant6.6 mi away
22%138
2
Chippewa4.9 mi away
10%60
3
Coe1.9 mi away
9%57
4
Midland24.1 mi away
5%29
5
Alma9.9 mi away
4%27
6
Union7.2 mi away
4%27
7
Chesaning38 mi away
3%18
8
Ithaca16.8 mi away
2%13
9
Lansing56.3 mi away
2%13
10
Broomfield18.1 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%224

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

How far

How far Shepherd commutes

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

53%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Shepherd is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shepherd are

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

Jobs based in Shepherd

463 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Shepherd residents hold

619 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month50%
−3%

Jobs based in Shepherd, 2011 → 2021: 476 → 463. 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.

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