Work & commute · Bark River

Work & commute in Bark River, MI

Most working residents leave Bark River for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Escanaba (32%), Wells (10%) and Harris (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
28 of 594 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 566 Bark River residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bark River.

566live here, work elsewhere
28live and work here
203work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bark River goes to work

GladstoneIron MountainMarquetteEscanabaSault Ste. MarieFord RiverWellsBark RiverForsythHarrisMeyerSpaldingEscanabaEscanabaWellsHarrisGladstoneEscanabaMarquetteSpaldingIron MountainSault Ste. MarieBark River
1
Escanaba10.4 mi away
32%188
2
Wells7.7 mi away
10%61
3
Harris8.1 mi away
9%52
4
Bark River (in town)right here
5%28
5
Gladstone16.1 mi away
4%24
6
Escanaba11.6 mi away
4%23
7
Marquette58.2 mi away
4%21
8
Spalding14.5 mi away
3%18
9
Iron Mountain37.8 mi away
1%8
10
Sault Ste. Marie149.7 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%163

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

How far

How far Bark River commutes

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

27%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bark River is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bark River are

231 jobs are based in Bark River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bark River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bark River

231 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities36%
Services (health, schools, offices…)29%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Bark River residents hold

594 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month48%
+336%

Jobs based in Bark River, 2011 → 2021: 53 → 231. 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.

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