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Work & commute · Wheatland

Work & commute in Wheatland, MI

Most working residents leave Wheatland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsdale (14%), Jackson (5%) and Ann Arbor (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
9 of 535 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
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 526 Wheatland residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatland.

526live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
35work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wheatland goes to work

OaklandHudsonLitchfieldJonesvilleHillsdaleThree RiversAdrianColdwaterJacksonAnn ArborSwantonToledoRollinMoscowPittsfordHillsdaleAdamsSomersetWheatlandMadisonHillsdaleJacksonAnn ArborJonesvilleAdamsHillsdaleAdrianColdwaterToledoLitchfieldWheatland
1
Hillsdale11.5 mi away
14%77
2
Jackson20.8 mi away
5%26
3
Ann Arbor41.9 mi away
5%26
4
Jonesville12.9 mi away
4%24
5
Adams6.3 mi away
4%21
6
Hillsdale12.8 mi away
3%16
7
Adrian19.2 mi away
2%13
8
Coldwater30.1 mi away
2%13
9
Toledo, OH47 mi away
2%13
10
Litchfield18.6 mi away
2%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%294

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.

16%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatland is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatland are

44 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

44 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)39%
Trade, transport & utilities32%
Services (health, schools, offices…)30%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wheatland residents hold

535 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+100%

Jobs based in Wheatland, 2011 → 2021: 22 → 44. 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.

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