Work & commute · Spring Arbor

Work & commute in Spring Arbor, MI

Most working residents leave Spring Arbor for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (20%), Blackman (10%) and Summit (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

221 of 2,980 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,759 Spring Arbor residents head out of town to work, 221 work right here, and 1,533 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Arbor.

2,759live here, work elsewhere

221live and work here

1,533work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Arbor goes to work

Jackson7.3 mi away

20%595

Blackman8.5 mi away

10%312

Spring Arbor (in town)right here

7%221

Summit5.6 mi away

7%195

Ann Arbor41.6 mi away

4%125

Leoni13 mi away

3%89

Sandstone5.7 mi away

3%87

Lansing35.2 mi away

3%82

Concord5.6 mi away

2%52

Hillsdale19.9 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,190

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

How far

How far Spring Arbor commutes

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

50%

13%

17%

20%

50%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Arbor is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Arbor are

1,754 jobs are based in Spring Arbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spring Arbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spring Arbor

1,754 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Spring Arbor residents hold

2,980 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+48%

Jobs based in Spring Arbor, 2011 → 2021: 1,184 → 1,754. 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.