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Tuscola
JACKSON COUNTY LABOR SHED
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Oakland Ingham Macomb Livingston
Wayne Jackson Washtenaw Lenawee Hillsdale
Introduction The Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan (WIN) partnership is a collaboration of Michigan Works! Agencies (MWAs) and community colleges across a 19-county region in Michigan. The counties in the WIN partnership include: Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Hillsdale, Huron, Ingham, Jackson, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Washtenaw, and Wayne, along with the City of Detroit. The WIN partnership region’s labor shed highlights why, when it comes to talent, we must think regionally: The workforce is mobile. Although 90.4% of the region’s workforce live and work1 in the 19-county area, not all residents work in their home county. It is not uncommon for workers to commute one or two counties over for work. This means that the residents in every county should be ready for the job demands of employers hiring throughout southeast Michigan. This document provides detailed information on where employees in the area commute to and from each day for work, how far they travel, along with other information about workers and businesses in the area. For more detail on the labor market please see WIN’s Quarterly Labor Market Report publications.
Where Residents Work IIn 2019, Jackson County’s workforce consisted of 59,469 residents. 32,483 (54.6 percent) of the residents lived and worked within the county, while the remaining 26,986 residents (45.4 percent) traveled outside of the county for work. Since 2017, the number of residents that traveled outside of Jackson County for work increased by 410 (1.5 percent) individuals from 26,577 to 26,987 commuters, while the proportion of the workforce remained the same. Jackson County residents generally retained similar commuting patterns between 2017 and 2019. In 2017, 36.2 percent of the county’s workforce (21,302 individuals) traveled more than 25 miles to their place of employment, decreasing slightly to 36.1 percent in 2019. The most popular destination for work outside of the county in 2019 was Washtenaw County, with 6,482 individuals from Jackson County commuting to the bordering county.
Sanilac
Genesee Lapeer St. Clair Clinton Shiawassee
2,781 BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS IN 2019
12,375 JOBS POSTED ONLINE IN 2019
32,483 WORKERS THAT LIVED AND WORKED IN JACKSON COUNTY
21,301 RESIDENTS TRAVELING MORE THAN 25 MILES TO WORK
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