Work & commute · Standish

Work & commute in Standish, MI

Most working residents leave Standish for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Chippewa (7%), Saginaw (5%) and Pinconning (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

77 of 496 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 419 Standish residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 1,647 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Standish.

419live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

1,647work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Standish goes to work

Standish (in town)right here

16%77

Chippewa43.8 mi away

7%34

Saginaw38.7 mi away

5%26

Pinconning8.3 mi away

5%23

Bay City27 mi away

4%20

Deep River4.3 mi away

3%17

Frankenmuth46 mi away

3%15

Midland27.8 mi away

3%14

Saginaw36.6 mi away

2%12

Bangor22.8 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%246

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.

28%

11%

35%

26%

28%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Standish is a job hub

3.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Standish are

1,724 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

1,724 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Standish residents hold

496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−1%

Jobs based in Standish, 2011 → 2021: 1,737 → 1,724. 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.