Work & commute · Tuscola

Work & commute in Tuscola, MI

Most working residents leave Tuscola for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Frankenmuth (15%), Saginaw (9%) and Saginaw (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 737 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 703 Tuscola residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tuscola.

703live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tuscola goes to work

Frankenmuth5.2 mi away

15%109

Saginaw16.6 mi away

9%70

Saginaw20.5 mi away

5%38

Tuscola (in town)right here

5%34

Denmark5.5 mi away

4%31

Vassar3.4 mi away

3%25

Caro15.3 mi away

3%24

Buena Vista13.3 mi away

3%19

Bay City20.8 mi away

2%16

Blumfield8.4 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%358

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

How far

How far Tuscola commutes

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

33%

36%

11%

19%

33%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tuscola is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tuscola are

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

Jobs based in Tuscola

391 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Tuscola residents hold

737 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+1%

Jobs based in Tuscola, 2011 → 2021: 386 → 391. 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.