Metros where people in Bay City are getting new jobs
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly shifted the job market in cities and towns across the country. Millions of layoffs in early 2020 forced workers to search elsewhere for jobs. Record numbers of workers have quit their jobs in the past year in favor of new pursuits in different locales. And concerns over virus spread in population-dense areas also inspired many to leave urban areas, and their jobs, in favor of rural ones.
Emerging job markets in places like Austin, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee, and Salt Lake City reflect cultural shifts in what workers are looking for in their jobs and their places of residence: year-round warmth that makes outdoor activities easy, lower income taxes, and tech-focused employers.
Stacker compiled a list of metros where the most people from Bay City, MI found new jobs using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Jobs-to-Jobs Flows. Metros are ranked by the number of people that started a new job from Bay City, MI in the first quarter of 2021.
#8. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
--- 2.1% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Bay City, MI from Kalamazoo-Portage, MI in Q1 2021: 9
--- #17 most common destination from Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
- Net job flow: 7 to Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
#7. Ann Arbor, MI
--- 2.3% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Bay City, MI from Ann Arbor, MI in Q1 2021: 9
--- #17 most common destination from Ann Arbor, MI
- Net job flow: 9 to Ann Arbor, MI
#6. Lansing-East Lansing, MI
--- 4.8% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Bay City, MI from Lansing-East Lansing, MI in Q1 2021: 34
--- #13 most common destination from Lansing-East Lansing, MI
- Net job flow: 3 to Lansing-East Lansing, MI
#5. Flint, MI
--- 8.0% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Bay City, MI from Flint, MI in Q1 2021: 62
--- #6 most common destination from Flint, MI
- Net job flow: 0 to Bay City, MI
#4. Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI
--- 8.2% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Bay City, MI from Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI in Q1 2021: 61
--- #15 most common destination from Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI
- Net job flow: 3 to Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI
#3. Midland, MI
--- 9.8% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Bay City, MI from Midland, MI in Q1 2021: 92
--- #4 most common destination from Midland, MI
- Net job flow: 16 to Bay City, MI
#2. Saginaw, MI
--- 21.1% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Bay City, MI from Saginaw, MI in Q1 2021: 159
--- #3 most common destination from Saginaw, MI
- Net job flow: 5 to Saginaw, MI
#1. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
--- 30.1% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Bay City, MI from Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI in Q1 2021: 219
--- #16 most common destination from Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Net job flow: 15 to Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
