Work & commute · Slagle

Work & commute in Slagle, MI

Most working residents leave Slagle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (18%), Haring (12%) and Traverse City (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 158 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 Slagle residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Slagle.

157live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Slagle goes to work

Cadillac16.6 mi away

18%29

Haring17.9 mi away

12%19

Traverse City32.7 mi away

8%12

South Branch6.3 mi away

6%9

Springville5.8 mi away

3%5

Garfield30.4 mi away

3%5

Cherry Grove12.9 mi away

3%4

Kalamazoo139.8 mi away

2%3

Clam Lake19.6 mi away

2%3

Manistee24.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%66

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

How far

How far Slagle commutes

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

11%

41%

19%

29%

11%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Slagle is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Slagle are

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

Jobs based in Slagle

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Slagle residents hold

158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+182%

Jobs based in Slagle, 2011 → 2021: 11 → 31. 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.