Work & commute · Bergland

Work & commute in Bergland, MI

Most working residents leave Bergland for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ontonagon (21%), McMillan (12%) and Watersmeet (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 104 Bergland residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bergland.

104live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bergland goes to work

Ontonagon24.3 mi away

21%22

McMillan18.3 mi away

12%13

Watersmeet32.2 mi away

7%7

Carp Lake9.7 mi away

6%6

Houghton62.5 mi away

5%5

Ironwood25.5 mi away

5%5

Stannard24.4 mi away

5%5

Baraga52 mi away

4%4

Bergland (in town)right here

3%3

Calumet73.1 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%34

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

How far

How far Bergland commutes

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

36%

24%

37%

3%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bergland is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bergland are

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

Jobs based in Bergland

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less63%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month9%

Jobs Bergland residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−39%

Jobs based in Bergland, 2011 → 2021: 114 → 70. 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.