McBride has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 14% across Michigan. Employers in McBride report 6 jobs for 61 working residents. Hardly any stay in McBride for work; outside it, Home Township is the main destination (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in McBride: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in McBride on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Out of McBride to work: where people go
Where McBride clocks in
7% 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.
What McBride’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McBride, 2011 → 2021: 1 → 6. 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 McBride’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from McBride: 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 McBride workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 commuters (the 3% 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.
The distance from McBride to work
About 23% 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.
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 McBride: questions
What is the median household income in McBride?
$59,821 (±$14,729) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McBride?
21.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McBride?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McBride work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Home Township (16%, 6 mi), Alma (7%, 20 mi), Greenville (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around McBride 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 McBride, from the people who make the trip.
More of McBride
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.