Work & commute · Wellington

Work & commute in Wellington, MI

Most working residents leave Wellington for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Alpena (32%), Hillman (8%) and Alpena (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 98 Wellington residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellington.

98live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellington goes to work

Alpena18.6 mi away

32%32

Hillman10.5 mi away

8%8

Alpena20.7 mi away

8%8

Garfield93.6 mi away

4%4

Sturgis244.6 mi away

2%2

Traverse City91.5 mi away

2%2

Green10.6 mi away

2%2

Long Rapids6.5 mi away

2%2

Wellington (in town)right here

2%2

Tawas City62.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%37

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

How far

How far Wellington commutes

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

14%

45%

37%

14%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellington is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellington are

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

Jobs based in Wellington

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Wellington residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−24%

Jobs based in Wellington, 2011 → 2021: 21 → 16. 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.