Work & commute · Tawas

Work & commute in Tawas, MI

About one in 5 of Tawas’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are East Tawas (9%), Baldwin (9%) and Tawas (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

112 of 568 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 456 Tawas residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 1,084 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tawas.

456live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

1,084work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tawas goes to work

Tawas City (in town)right here

20%112

East Tawas2.5 mi away

9%50

Baldwin4.4 mi away

9%50

Tawas3.8 mi away

7%41

Alpena57.2 mi away

3%18

Oscoda13.6 mi away

3%16

Sherman9.9 mi away

2%14

West Branch35.3 mi away

2%12

Saginaw61.7 mi away

2%10

Au Gres17.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%236

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

How far

How far Tawas commutes

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

47%

10%

36%

47%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tawas is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tawas are

1,196 jobs are based in Tawas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tawas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tawas

1,196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Tawas residents hold

568 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−43%

Jobs based in Tawas, 2011 → 2021: 2,087 → 1,196. 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.