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Work & commute · Speaker

Work & commute in Speaker, MI

Most working residents leave Speaker for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (11%), Croswell (9%) and Port Huron (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
11 of 447 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
35 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 436 Speaker residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Speaker.

436live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
148work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Speaker goes to work

Brown CityYaleMarletteSanduskyCroswellPort HuronFlintFlynnFremontLexingtonElkSpeakerMaple ValleyBrockwayLynnWorthBuelSanduskyCroswellPort HuronMarletteWorthBrown CityFlintLexingtonElkSpeaker
1
Sandusky15.6 mi away
11%50
2
Croswell11.2 mi away
9%40
3
Port Huron23.6 mi away
5%21
4
Marlette16.2 mi away
4%16
5
Worth11.8 mi away
3%14
6
Brown City8.9 mi away
2%11
7
Flint45.9 mi away
2%11
8
Lexington13.4 mi away
2%11
9
Speaker (in town)right here
2%11
10
Elk6.1 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%253

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

How far

How far Speaker commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Speaker is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Speaker are

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

Jobs based in Speaker

159 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)86%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)14%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Speaker residents hold

447 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month48%
+695%

Jobs based in Speaker, 2011 → 2021: 20 → 159. 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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