Work & commute · Swan Creek

Work & commute in Swan Creek, MI

Most working residents leave Swan Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Saginaw (19%), Saginaw (10%) and Midland (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 956 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 928 Swan Creek residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 408 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swan Creek.

928live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

408work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swan Creek goes to work

Saginaw9.7 mi away

19%186

Saginaw8.7 mi away

10%96

Midland19.9 mi away

6%59

St. Charles5.8 mi away

3%32

Thomas6.2 mi away

3%32

Swan Creek (in town)right here

3%28

Buena Vista15.1 mi away

3%26

Chesaning11.8 mi away

3%26

Bay City20.5 mi away

3%24

Kochville12.9 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%424

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

How far

How far Swan Creek commutes

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

25%

46%

11%

19%

25%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swan Creek is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swan Creek are

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

Jobs based in Swan Creek

436 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Swan Creek residents hold

956 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+79%

Jobs based in Swan Creek, 2011 → 2021: 244 → 436. 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.