Work & commute · Zilwaukee

Work & commute in Zilwaukee, MI

Most working residents leave Zilwaukee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Saginaw (20%), Saginaw (13%) and Buena Vista (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 587 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 583 Zilwaukee residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 560 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zilwaukee.

583live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

560work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zilwaukee goes to work

Saginaw4.8 mi away

20%115

Saginaw5.4 mi away

13%76

Buena Vista3.8 mi away

6%38

Midland18.2 mi away

4%26

Kochville3.4 mi away

4%26

Tittabawassee9.1 mi away

3%18

Monitor9.2 mi away

3%17

Bay City7.6 mi away

2%14

Flint33.8 mi away

2%14

Bangor11.7 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%230

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

How far

How far Zilwaukee commutes

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

57%

12%

10%

21%

57%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zilwaukee is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Zilwaukee are

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

Jobs based in Zilwaukee

564 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Zilwaukee residents hold

587 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+151%

Jobs based in Zilwaukee, 2011 → 2021: 225 → 564. 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.