Work & commute · Waldron

Work & commute in Waldron, MI

Most working residents leave Waldron for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsdale (8%), Ann Arbor (5%) and Wright (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 195 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 194 Waldron residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waldron.

194live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waldron goes to work

Hillsdale18 mi away

8%16

Ann Arbor52 mi away

5%9

Wright2.5 mi away

5%9

Adrian22.7 mi away

4%7

Jackson35.9 mi away

4%7

Jonesville21.2 mi away

3%6

Toledo, OH43.4 mi away

3%6

Hudson9.9 mi away

3%5

West Unity, OH9.4 mi away

3%5

Holiday City, OH9.5 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%120

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

How far

How far Waldron commutes

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

15%

35%

23%

26%

15%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waldron is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waldron are

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

Jobs based in Waldron

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Waldron residents hold

195 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−23%

Jobs based in Waldron, 2011 → 2021: 31 → 24. 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.