Photo: Oaktree b · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Durand works elsewhere
808 jobs are based in Durand for 1,444 working residents. Jobs and income earn Durand B−; getting around on foot earns it A. Only 6% stay in Durand for work; outside it, Flint is the main destination (4%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Durand in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Durand
56% of Durand residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Durand pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Durand pay little
26% of the jobs based in Durand pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% 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.
How Durand earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Durand is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #379 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Durand’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($66,743, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
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, Durand could be anywhere from C− to A.
The kinds of work in Durand
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Durand, 2011 → 2021: 1,055 → 808. 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 Durand’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Durand for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,360 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 724 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Durand on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where Durand goes to work
Where Durand clocks in
4% 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.
The daily trip from Durand: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Durand workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,559 commuters (the 10% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Durand
About 17% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Durand
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Durand is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #39 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Durand near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,727 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). 10.3% of Durand households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Durand’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700, Durand comes 2,125th 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Dexter MI | 4,461 | $107K | 0.8% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,123 | Lincoln Village CA | 4,241 | $96K | 12.5% | 6.8% | 2% | B− |
| 2,124 | Brookville IN | 2,663 | $56K | 8.7% | 0.0% | 16% | B− |
| 2,125 | Durand MI | 3,457 | $67K | 9.4% | 3.9% | 6% | B− |
| 2,126 | Naples UT | 2,488 | $98K | 3.1% | 6.3% | 7% | B− |
| 2,127 | Riley Township IN | 3,174 | $97K | 12.5% | 4.0% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Durand, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Durand: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Vernon Township (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Durand workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durand | – | B− | A | 27 min | $66,743 |
| Vernon Township | 3% | B+ | D | 31 min | $64,107 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Durand’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Durand: questions
What is the median household income in Durand?
$66,743 (±$12,323) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Durand?
9.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Durand?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Durand work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flint (4%, 17 mi), Owosso (4%, 11 mi), Flint Township (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Durand walkable?
Durand is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Durand without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Durand, from the people who make the trip.
More of Durand
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.