Work & commute · Belknap

Work & commute in Belknap, MI

Most working residents leave Belknap for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Alpena (15%), Rogers City (12%) and Alpena (10%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 220 Belknap residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belknap.

220live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belknap goes to work

Alpena25.6 mi away

15%35

Rogers City7.1 mi away

12%27

Alpena26.7 mi away

10%24

Belknap (in town)right here

4%9

Posen8.5 mi away

4%9

Presque Isle20.2 mi away

3%6

Cheboygan37.9 mi away

2%5

Hillman18.8 mi away

2%5

Case11.8 mi away

2%5

Traverse City94.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%100

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

How far

How far Belknap commutes

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

23%

21%

35%

23%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belknap is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belknap are

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

Jobs based in Belknap

123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Belknap residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+58%

Jobs based in Belknap, 2011 → 2021: 78 → 123. 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.