Work & commute · Standish

Work & commute in Standish, MI

Most working residents leave Standish for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Standish (14%), Chippewa (6%) and Bay City (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 643 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 638 Standish residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Standish.

638live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Standish goes to work

Standish3 mi away

14%87

Chippewa44.8 mi away

6%38

Bay City25.2 mi away

5%34

Saginaw37.1 mi away

4%26

Deep River6.8 mi away

4%25

Midland27.7 mi away

4%24

Frankenmuth43.8 mi away

3%20

Lincoln4.9 mi away

3%20

Pinconning7.1 mi away

3%19

Bangor20.9 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%336

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

How far

How far Standish commutes

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

26%

13%

31%

29%

26%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Standish is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Standish are

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

Jobs based in Standish

132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Standish residents hold

643 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+132%

Jobs based in Standish, 2011 → 2021: 57 → 132. 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.