Work & commute · Swartz Creek

Work & commute in Swartz Creek, MI

Most working residents leave Swartz Creek for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (11%), Flint (10%) and Grand Blanc (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 2,268 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,179 Swartz Creek residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 1,726 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swartz Creek.

2,179live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

1,726work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swartz Creek goes to work

Flint7.8 mi away

11%250

Flint4.1 mi away

10%223

Grand Blanc10 mi away

5%110

Swartz Creek (in town)right here

4%89

Burton10.6 mi away

4%81

Mundy4.9 mi away

3%75

Lansing41.2 mi away

3%66

Warren51.8 mi away

3%60

Fenton9.2 mi away

2%45

Southfield44.1 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,228

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

How far

How far Swartz Creek commutes

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

34%

20%

30%

15%

34%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swartz Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Swartz Creek are

1,815 jobs are based in Swartz Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swartz Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swartz Creek

1,815 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Swartz Creek residents hold

2,268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+28%

Jobs based in Swartz Creek, 2011 → 2021: 1,423 → 1,815. 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.