Work & commute · Surrey

Work & commute in Surrey, MI

Most working residents leave Surrey for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (8%), Clare (7%) and Midland (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

131 of 1,177 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,046 Surrey residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 649 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Surrey.

1,046live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

649work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Surrey goes to work

Surrey (in town)right here

11%131

Mount Pleasant19.2 mi away

8%98

Clare7.7 mi away

7%88

Midland37.5 mi away

4%49

Grant5.8 mi away

4%45

Chippewa22.3 mi away

3%40

Evart18.2 mi away

3%38

Lansing80.9 mi away

3%34

Union20 mi away

3%30

Hatton7.8 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%601

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

How far

How far Surrey commutes

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

25%

27%

12%

35%

25%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Surrey is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Surrey are

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

Jobs based in Surrey

780 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Surrey residents hold

1,177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−23%

Jobs based in Surrey, 2011 → 2021: 1,008 → 780. 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.