Work & commute · Stronach

Work & commute in Stronach, MI

Most working residents leave Stronach for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Manistee (19%), Manistee (11%) and Filer (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 281 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 266 Stronach residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stronach.

266live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stronach goes to work

Manistee7.2 mi away

19%53

Manistee9 mi away

11%31

Stronach (in town)right here

5%15

Filer8 mi away

5%13

Norman10.4 mi away

4%10

Traverse City46.5 mi away

3%9

Cadillac35.8 mi away

2%7

Ludington22.5 mi away

2%5

East Lansing131 mi away

2%5

Arcadia18.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%128

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

How far

How far Stronach commutes

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

42%

18%

14%

26%

42%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stronach is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stronach are

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

Jobs based in Stronach

440 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Stronach residents hold

281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+2100%

Jobs based in Stronach, 2011 → 2021: 20 → 440. 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.