Metros where people in Midland, Michigan 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 Midland, 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 Midland, MI in the first quarter of 2021.
#10. Ann Arbor, MI
--- 1.3% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Midland, MI from Ann Arbor, MI in Q1 2021: 11
--- #29 (tie) most common destination from Ann Arbor, MI
- Net job flow: 1 to Midland, MI
#9. Muskegon, MI
--- 1.3% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Midland, MI from Muskegon, MI in Q1 2021: 12
--- #12 most common destination from Muskegon, MI
- Net job flow: 2 to Midland, MI
#8. Battle Creek, MI
--- 1.3% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Midland, MI from Battle Creek, MI in Q1 2021: 1
--- #14 (tie) most common destination from Battle Creek, MI
- Net job flow: 9 to Battle Creek, MI
#7. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
--- 1.9% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Midland, MI from Kalamazoo-Portage, MI in Q1 2021: 20
--- #18 most common destination from Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
- Net job flow: 6 to Midland, MI
#6. Lansing-East Lansing, MI
--- 4.6% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Midland, MI from Lansing-East Lansing, MI in Q1 2021: 47
--- #14 most common destination from Lansing-East Lansing, MI
- Net job flow: 13 to Midland, MI
#5. Flint, MI
--- 5.8% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Midland, MI from Flint, MI in Q1 2021: 44
--- #9 most common destination from Flint, MI
- Net job flow: 1 to Midland, MI
#4. Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI
--- 11.6% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Midland, MI from Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI in Q1 2021: 84
--- #12 most common destination from Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI
- Net job flow: 2 to Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI
#3. Bay City, MI
--- 12.4% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Midland, MI from Bay City, MI in Q1 2021: 76
--- #3 most common destination from Bay City, MI
- Net job flow: 16 to Bay City, MI
#2. Saginaw, MI
--- 14.0% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Midland, MI from Saginaw, MI in Q1 2021: 122
--- #6 most common destination from Saginaw, MI
- Net job flow: 18 to Midland, MI
#1. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
--- 28.6% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Midland, MI from Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI in Q1 2021: 231
--- #17 most common destination from Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Net job flow: 19 to Midland, MI
