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Work & commute · Sweetwater

Work & commute in Sweetwater, MI

Most working residents leave Sweetwater for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pleasant Plains (10%), Webber (6%) and Pere Marquette (5%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 77 working residents
Typical commute
49 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 77 Sweetwater residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sweetwater.

77live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sweetwater goes to work

EvartLudingtonManisteeMount PleasantMuskegonKentwoodDetroitBranchSweetwaterWebberPleasant PlainsSaublePere MarquetteLakePleasant PlainsWebberPere MarquetteLudingtonKentwoodDetroitEvartManisteeMount PleasantMuskegonSweetwater
1
Pleasant Plains7.2 mi away
10%8
2
Webber6.5 mi away
6%5
3
Pere Marquette21.6 mi away
5%4
4
Ludington22.8 mi away
4%3
5
Kentwood75.3 mi away
4%3
6
Detroit180.6 mi away
4%3
7
Evart35.6 mi away
3%2
8
Manistee27.3 mi away
3%2
9
Mount Pleasant64.7 mi away
3%2
10
Muskegon50.9 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%43

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

How far

How far Sweetwater commutes

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

12%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
48%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sweetwater is a commuter town

0.00jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

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.

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