Work & commute · Thomas

Work & commute in Thomas, MI

Most working residents leave Thomas for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Saginaw (19%), Saginaw (15%) and Midland (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

300 of 4,706 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,406 Thomas residents head out of town to work, 300 work right here, and 2,021 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thomas.

4,406live here, work elsewhere

300live and work here

2,021work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thomas goes to work

Saginaw8.2 mi away

19%910

Saginaw4.8 mi away

15%704

Midland14.2 mi away

7%329

Thomas (in town)right here

6%300

Kochville8.1 mi away

3%120

Tittabawassee5.8 mi away

2%117

Bay City15.6 mi away

2%114

Buena Vista12.9 mi away

2%93

Lansing54.8 mi away

1%69

Richland6.2 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,883

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

How far

How far Thomas commutes

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

49%

21%

22%

49%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thomas is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thomas are

2,321 jobs are based in Thomas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thomas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thomas

2,321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Thomas residents hold

4,706 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+20%

Jobs based in Thomas, 2011 → 2021: 1,936 → 2,321. 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.