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Work & commute · Whitney

Work & commute in Whitney, MI

Most working residents leave Whitney for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Au Gres (8%), Standish (6%) and Chippewa (5%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 239 working residents
Typical commute
44 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 237 Whitney residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitney.

237live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
106work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Whitney goes to work

West BranchTawas CityStandishAu GresEast TawasBay CityMidlandAlabasterSimsHarrisvilleChippewaBaldwinTawasOscodaTurnerWhitneyGreenwoodChurchillBig CreekMasonPlainfieldWest BranchAu GresStandishChippewaTawasWest BranchWest BranchTawas CityEast TawasBay CityMidlandWhitney
1
Au Gres7.2 mi away
8%20
2
Standish21.2 mi away
6%14
3
Chippewa64.6 mi away
5%12
4
Tawas12.6 mi away
5%12
5
West Branch32.2 mi away
3%6
6
West Branch34.6 mi away
2%5
7
Tawas City11.3 mi away
2%5
8
East Tawas13.5 mi away
2%5
9
Bay City39 mi away
2%5
10
Midland46.7 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
63%150

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

How far

How far Whitney commutes

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

13%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
45%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Whitney is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitney are

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

Jobs based in Whitney

108 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)82%
$1,250 a month or less56%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month6%

Jobs Whitney residents hold

239 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month41%
+315%

Jobs based in Whitney, 2011 → 2021: 26 → 108. 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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