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Work & commute in St. Clair, MI

Most working residents leave St. Clair for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Port Huron (8%), Marysville (6%) and Detroit (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
239 of 2,332 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 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 2,093 St. Clair residents head out of town to work, 239 work right here, and 2,359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Clair.

2,093live here, work elsewhere
239live and work here
2,359work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where St. Clair goes to work

St. ClairMarysvillePort HuronAuburn HillsWarrenSterling HeightsTroyDetroitSt. ClairFort GratiotPort HuronMacombKimballChinaEast ChinaClintonPort HuronMarysvilleDetroitTroyClintonSterling HeightsAuburn HillsWarrenChinaSt. Clair
1
St. Clair (in town)right here
10%239
2
Port Huron11.9 mi away
8%198
3
Marysville5.7 mi away
6%130
4
Detroit43.6 mi away
5%120
5
Troy37.2 mi away
3%81
6
Clinton27 mi away
3%81
7
Sterling Heights32.1 mi away
3%67
8
Auburn Hills39.5 mi away
3%66
9
Warren35.5 mi away
3%59
10
China5.1 mi away
2%54
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%1,237

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.

27%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
35%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

St. Clair is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Clair are

2,598 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

2,598 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs St. Clair residents hold

2,332 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+26%

Jobs based in St. Clair, 2011 → 2021: 2,060 → 2,598. 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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