Work & commute · Vassar

Work & commute in Vassar, MI

Most working residents leave Vassar for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Frankenmuth (13%), Saginaw (8%) and Saginaw (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

90 of 973 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 883 Vassar residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vassar.

883live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

464work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vassar goes to work

Frankenmuth8.5 mi away

13%130

Vassar (in town)right here

9%90

Saginaw19.2 mi away

8%74

Saginaw23 mi away

4%35

Caro12 mi away

2%24

Tuscola3.4 mi away

2%22

Detroit72.4 mi away

2%20

Bridgeport15 mi away

2%19

Birch Run11.8 mi away

2%18

Millington8.3 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%523

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

How far

How far Vassar commutes

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

32%

31%

11%

26%

32%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vassar is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vassar are

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

Jobs based in Vassar

554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Vassar residents hold

973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−19%

Jobs based in Vassar, 2011 → 2021: 680 → 554. 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.