Work & commute · Wheatland

Work & commute in Wheatland, MI

Most working residents leave Wheatland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bad Axe (13%), Sandusky (12%) and Marion (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 168 Wheatland residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatland.

168live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheatland goes to work

Bad Axe19.7 mi away

13%23

Sandusky9.4 mi away

12%21

Marion5.8 mi away

6%11

Harbor Beach21.4 mi away

3%5

Elkland19 mi away

3%5

Huron29.4 mi away

2%4

Watertown12.8 mi away

2%4

Wheatland (in town)right here

2%4

Caro30 mi away

2%3

Saginaw58.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%89

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

How far

How far Wheatland commutes

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

22%

35%

14%

29%

22%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatland 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 Wheatland are

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

Jobs based in Wheatland

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)96%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month73%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Wheatland residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−28%

Jobs based in Wheatland, 2011 → 2021: 127 → 91. 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.