Roscommon has 2.6 jobs for every working resident: 702 people commute in to work
There are 743 jobs in Roscommon; 288 of its residents have a job. About one in seven work in Roscommon itself; outside it, Higgins Township draws the most (16%, 5 miles). 5% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Roscommon, in brief
Roscommon is where the jobs are
Roscommon has 743 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 46% more than the 990 who live here. Day and night ↓
Roscommon makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Roscommon are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Roscommon residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 288 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Roscommon on a workday
On a workday 247 residents head out to work and 41 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Roscommon on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
Roscommon works in goods: 50% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roscommon, 2011 → 2021: 576 → 743. 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 Roscommon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Roscommon
About 36% 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.
The daily trip into Roscommon
Where Roscommon clocks in
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.
Getting to work from Roscommon takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roscommon workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 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 Roscommon: questions
What is the median household income in Roscommon?
$54,167 (±$16,642) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roscommon?
12.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roscommon?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roscommon work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Higgins Township (16%, 5 mi), Grayling (8%, 13 mi), Grayling Township (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Roscommon without a car?
3% 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 Roscommon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roscommon
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.