Farwell has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 524 people commute in to work
About one in ten work in Farwell; the top destination outside it is Surrey Township (13%, 3 miles). Farwell has 550 jobs for 303 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Farwell in brief
Farwell is where the jobs are
Farwell has 550 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Farwell than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Farwell fell from 827 in 2011 to 550 in 2021, −33%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 303 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Farwell fills up on a workday
On a workday 277 residents head out to work and 26 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Farwell on a workday afternoon, 27% more 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.
Factories, building and farms: 39% of the jobs in Farwell
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farwell, 2011 → 2021: 827 → 550. 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 Farwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Farwell commutes less than 21 miles
About 31% 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.
Commuting in to Farwell: where workers come from
Where Farwell clocks in
6% 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 Farwell: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farwell workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 354 commuters (the 5% 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.
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 Farwell: questions
What is the median household income in Farwell?
$42,188 (±$13,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farwell?
25.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farwell?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farwell work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Surrey Township (13%, 3 mi), Clare (8%, 5 mi), Mount Pleasant (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Farwell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Farwell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farwell
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.