Work & commute · Star

Work & commute in Star, MI

Most working residents leave Star for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Gaylord (8%), Mancelona (6%) and Kearney (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 329 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 321 Star residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Star.

321live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Star goes to work

Gaylord11.9 mi away

8%26

Mancelona6.7 mi away

6%20

Kearney10.7 mi away

5%18

East Jordan16.7 mi away

5%17

Kalkaska22.2 mi away

5%15

Boyne City16.7 mi away

3%10

Elk Rapids24.2 mi away

3%10

Petoskey26.9 mi away

3%9

Garfield39.2 mi away

3%9

Star (in town)right here

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%187

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

How far

How far Star commutes

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

12%

43%

25%

21%

12%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Star is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Star are

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

Jobs based in Star

119 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Star residents hold

329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+11%

Jobs based in Star, 2011 → 2021: 107 → 119. 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.