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Jobs & commute in Elm Hall

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Elm Hall works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Elm Hall itself; outside it, Alma draws the most (15%, 9 miles). Employers in Elm Hall report 35 jobs for 117 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Michigan 14%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

35 jobs based here
Poverty
58.9%
Michigan 13.2%
Unemployment
11.8%
Michigan 5.7% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
63 min
Michigan 24 · U.S. 26
Work in town
1%
1 of 117 working residents
Work from home
0%
Michigan 14% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Elm Hall quiets down on a workday

On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.

116live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
34work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night230
Workday150
230live here− 120head out to work+ 34come in to work= 150on a workday

About 150 people are in Elm Hall on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.30jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The places Elm Hall commutes to

St. Louis: 6 residents work here (5%)Eaton RapidsIonia: 3 residents work here (3%)Ithaca: 5 residents work here (4%)Alma: 18 residents work here (15%)Mount Pleasant: 12 residents work here (10%)Saginaw: 4 residents work here (3%)Wheeler TownshipSumner Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Seville TownshipRichland TownshipChippewa Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Pine River Township: 6 residents work here (5%)Oscoda TownshipChesaning Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Bloomer TownshipRiverdaleElm HallAlmaMount PleasantSt. LouisPine River TownshipIthacaSaginawElm Hall
1
Alma9.2 mi away
15%18
2
Mount Pleasant16.8 mi away
10%12
3
St. Louis11.6 mi away
5%6
4
Pine River Township9.3 mi away
5%6
5
Ithaca12.7 mi away
4%5
6
Saginaw44.2 mi away
3%4
7
Sumner Township2.7 mi away
3%4
8
Chippewa Township18.3 mi away
3%4
9
Chesaning Township38.6 mi away
3%4
10
Ionia29 mi away
3%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%51
The top trips

Where Elm Hall clocks in

15% of workers
9.2 mi awayAlma18 Elm Hall residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
16.8 mi awayMount Pleasant12 Elm Hall residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
11.6 mi awaySt. Louis6 Elm Hall residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

Making and building: 43% of jobs based in Elm Hall

Jobs based in Elm HallJobs Elm Hall residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms43%25%
Trade, transport & utilities11%10%
Services: health, schools, offices46%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less31%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month51%40%
Over $3,333 a month17%47%

Who does it

29 or younger49%25%
30 to 5443%44%
55 and older9%31%
+3400%

Jobs based in Elm Hall, 2011 → 2021: 1 → 35. 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 Elm Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Elm Hall: about 63 minutes

A year of commuting
485 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 20.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Elm Hall63 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Elm Hall workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Elm Hall gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 60 commuters (the 0% 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

How far it is to work from Elm Hall

10 mi25 mi50 miAlma: 15% · 9.2 miMount Pleasant: 10% · 16.8 miSt. Louis: 5% · 11.6 miPine River Township: 5% · 9.3 miIthaca: 4% · 12.7 miSaginaw: 3% · 44.2 miSumner Township: 3% · 2.7 miChippewa Township: 3% · 18.3 miChesaning Township: 3% · 38.6 miIonia: 3% · 29 miAlma 15%Mount Pleasant 10%St. Louis 5%Ithaca 4%Elm Hall
Elm HallTop destinations (size = commuters)
25%Under 10 mi29 residents
32%10–24 mi37 residents
24%25–50 mi28 residents
20%Over 50 mi23 residents

About 20% 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.

Next door

Elm Hall and the towns next door

Riverdale: few work hereRiverdaleElm Hall
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Riverdaleunder 3% of Elm Hall

Jobs & commute next door

TownElm Hall workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Elm Hall–——63 min—
Riverdaleunder 3%——19 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Riverdale: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Elm Hall’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Elm Hall: questions

What is the poverty rate in Elm Hall?

58.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Elm Hall?

63 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Elm Hall work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alma (15%, 9 mi), Mount Pleasant (10%, 17 mi), St. Louis (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).

Can you get around Elm Hall without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Elm Hall, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Elm Hall

Elm Hall home →
63min commute
HandbookGetting around Elm HallRoads, buses, parking and the basics
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RankingsTop towns in MIShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.