Work & commute · Wheeler

Work & commute in Wheeler, MI

Most working residents leave Wheeler for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (8%), Alma (8%) and St. Louis (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

110 of 954 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 844 Wheeler residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 691 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheeler.

844live here, work elsewhere

110live and work here

691work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheeler goes to work

Wheeler (in town)right here

12%110

Midland16.8 mi away

8%76

Alma12 mi away

8%75

St. Louis9.7 mi away

5%49

Ithaca12.7 mi away

5%48

Mount Pleasant21.5 mi away

5%44

Saginaw23.4 mi away

5%43

Saginaw20 mi away

3%33

Thomas15.2 mi away

2%21

Pine River12.6 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%438

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

How far

How far Wheeler commutes

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

26%

38%

15%

20%

26%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheeler is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheeler are

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

Jobs based in Wheeler

801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Wheeler residents hold

954 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+5%

Jobs based in Wheeler, 2011 → 2021: 766 → 801. 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.