Applegate has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 37 minutes each way (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Applegate; the top destination outside it is Sandusky (13%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Applegate quiets down on a workday
On a workday 102 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Applegate on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Sandusky
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Applegate clocks in
13% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
8 jobs are based in Applegate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Applegate’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Applegate, 2011 → 2021: 15 → 8. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Applegate workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Applegate commutes less than 13 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Applegate: questions
What is the median household income in Applegate?
$65,625 (±$9,334) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Applegate?
12.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Applegate?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Applegate work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandusky (13%, 11 mi), Marion Township (13%, 14 mi), Croswell (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Applegate without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Applegate, from the people who make the trip.
More of Applegate
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.