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Work & commute in St. Clair, MI

Most working residents leave St. Clair for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Port Huron (9%), St. Clair (7%) and Detroit (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
90 of 3,405 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,315 St. Clair residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 856 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Clair.

3,315live here, work elsewhere
90live and work here
856work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where St. Clair goes to work

Marine CitySt. ClairMarysvillePort HuronAuburn HillsWarrenTroyDetroitChesterfieldColumbusSt. ClairFort GratiotPort HuronMacombKimballChinaClydeClintonPort HuronSt. ClairDetroitMarysvilleClintonWarrenAuburn HillsTroyChesterfieldSt. Clair
1
Port Huron11 mi away
9%322
2
St. Clair3.9 mi away
7%230
3
Detroit43.2 mi away
6%220
4
Marysville4.9 mi away
6%189
5
Clinton26.3 mi away
3%111
6
Warren34.9 mi away
3%107
7
St. Clair (in town)right here
3%90
8
Auburn Hills37.3 mi away
3%89
9
Troy35.6 mi away
3%88
10
Chesterfield17.9 mi away
2%80
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%1,879

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

How far

How far St. Clair commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
37%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

St. Clair is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Clair are

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

Jobs based in St. Clair

946 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)38%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)42%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs St. Clair residents hold

3,405 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month60%
−22%

Jobs based in St. Clair, 2011 → 2021: 1,216 → 946. 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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