Work & commute · Shiawassee

Work & commute in Shiawassee, MI

Most working residents leave Shiawassee for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Owosso (6%), East Lansing (3%) and Flint (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 1,079 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 1,052 Shiawassee residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shiawassee.

1,052live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shiawassee goes to work

Owosso6.8 mi away

6%70

East Lansing22.8 mi away

3%36

Flint21.7 mi away

3%35

Corunna4.8 mi away

3%33

Perry9.3 mi away

3%32

Owosso9.3 mi away

3%29

Shiawassee (in town)right here

3%27

Durand5.4 mi away

2%26

Troy53.4 mi away

2%26

Detroit62.5 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%741

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

How far

How far Shiawassee commutes

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

24%

28%

27%

21%

24%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shiawassee is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shiawassee are

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

Jobs based in Shiawassee

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Shiawassee residents hold

1,079 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+17%

Jobs based in Shiawassee, 2011 → 2021: 103 → 120. 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.