Work & commute · Thetford

Work & commute in Thetford, MI

Most working residents leave Thetford for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (10%), Vienna (5%) and Flint (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 2,815 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 2,757 Thetford residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thetford.

2,757live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thetford goes to work

Flint10.7 mi away

10%278

Vienna6.6 mi away

5%152

Flint13.5 mi away

5%141

Burton11.9 mi away

3%98

Grand Blanc17.8 mi away

3%80

Lansing56.7 mi away

3%76

Warren56.1 mi away

3%74

Frankenmuth12.4 mi away

3%71

Saginaw23.5 mi away

2%65

Mount Morris8.5 mi away

2%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,719

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

How far

How far Thetford commutes

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

20%

35%

18%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thetford is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thetford are

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

Jobs based in Thetford

277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Thetford residents hold

2,815 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+50%

Jobs based in Thetford, 2011 → 2021: 185 → 277. 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.