Photo: Ken (Sentrawoods) · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 2.5 jobs in Chesaning for every working resident, and 1,938 people commute in
There are 2,143 jobs in Chesaning; 874 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Chesaning is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+). 4% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Chesaning
Chesaning is where the jobs are
Chesaning has 2,143 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,700 people are in town, 53% more than the 2,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Chesaning and Chesaning Township trade workers both ways
Chesaning Township is the top workplace for Chesaning residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Chesaning come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Chesaning pay little
36% of the jobs based in Chesaning pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 42% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 874 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Chesaning’s Jobs & income grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Chesaning’s grade.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chesaning could be anywhere from D to B.
Who leaves Chesaning for work, and who comes in
On a workday 669 residents head out to work and 205 work right here.
About 3,700 people are in Chesaning on a workday afternoon, 53% more than live here.
2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Chesaning
Where Chesaning clocks in
27% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Chesaning makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chesaning, 2011 → 2021: 1,487 → 2,143. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chesaning’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Chesaning’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chesaning workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,005 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Chesaning
About 18% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Chesaning: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,042 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.9% of Chesaning households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chesaning’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200, Chesaning ranks 3,493rd of 4,995 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,491 | Roxbury NY | 2,203 | $58K | 5.4% | 5.6% | 17% | C |
| 3,492 | Carson WA | 2,318 | $69K | 8.5% | 8.6% | 10% | C |
| 3,493 | Chesaning MI | 2,399 | $60K | 13.9% | 4.9% | 23% | C |
| 3,494 | Woodbury TN | 2,828 | $58K | 21.0% | 4.0% | 11% | C |
| 3,495 | Loretto TN | 1,813 | $56K | 8.6% | 0.3% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Chesaning, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 Chesaning: questions
What is the median household income in Chesaning?
$59,777 (±$6,823) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chesaning?
13.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chesaning?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chesaning work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chesaning Township (27%, 1 mi), Saginaw (8%, 18 mi), Owosso (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Chesaning walkable?
Chesaning is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chesaning without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chesaning, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chesaning
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.