Work & commute · Tecumseh

Work & commute in Tecumseh, MI

Most working residents leave Tecumseh for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Adrian (7%), Pittsfield (5%) and Ann Arbor (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

435 of 3,171 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,736 Tecumseh residents head out of town to work, 435 work right here, and 2,449 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tecumseh.

2,736live here, work elsewhere

435live and work here

2,449work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tecumseh goes to work

Tecumseh (in town)right here

14%435

Adrian9 mi away

7%236

Pittsfield18.2 mi away

5%164

Ann Arbor21.6 mi away

4%142

Saline14.4 mi away

4%124

Raisin4.1 mi away

3%110

Scio20.7 mi away

3%107

Clinton3.6 mi away

3%103

Madison12.5 mi away

2%68

Ann Arbor25.5 mi away

2%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,615

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

How far

How far Tecumseh commutes

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

31%

33%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tecumseh is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tecumseh are

2,884 jobs are based in Tecumseh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tecumseh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tecumseh

2,884 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Tecumseh residents hold

3,171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−9%

Jobs based in Tecumseh, 2011 → 2021: 3,164 → 2,884. 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.