Work & commute · Baraga

Work & commute in Baraga, MI

44% of Baraga’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are L'Anse (13%), Houghton (4%) and Hancock (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

426 of 963 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 537 Baraga residents head out of town to work, 426 work right here, and 1,237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baraga.

537live here, work elsewhere

426live and work here

1,237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baraga goes to work

Baraga (in town)right here

44%426

L'Anse13.3 mi away

13%124

Houghton25.3 mi away

4%41

Hancock27.1 mi away

4%34

Marquette57.9 mi away

2%21

Iron Mountain68.2 mi away

2%18

Portage15.6 mi away

2%17

Escanaba99.5 mi away

2%15

Green Bay, WI156.3 mi away

1%10

Gladstone96.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%249

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Baraga commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

54%

14%

26%

54%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baraga is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Baraga are

1,663 jobs are based in Baraga. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baraga’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Baraga

1,663 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Baraga residents hold

963 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−12%

Jobs based in Baraga, 2011 → 2021: 1,895 → 1,663. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.