Work & commute · Bessemer

Work & commute in Bessemer, MI

About one in 4 of Bessemer’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ironwood (20%), Ironwood (6%) and Wakefield (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

169 of 751 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 582 Bessemer residents head out of town to work, 169 work right here, and 588 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bessemer.

582live here, work elsewhere

169live and work here

588work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bessemer goes to work

Bessemer (in town)right here

23%169

Ironwood5.1 mi away

20%150

Ironwood7.5 mi away

6%46

Wakefield5.5 mi away

5%40

Hurley, WI7.9 mi away

5%40

Bessemer8.5 mi away

4%29

Wakefield9.5 mi away

3%25

Watersmeet42.9 mi away

3%24

Iron Mountain105.3 mi away

3%21

Escanaba150.8 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%192

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

How far

How far Bessemer commutes

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

67%

23%

67%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bessemer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bessemer are

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

Jobs based in Bessemer

757 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Bessemer residents hold

751 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−19%

Jobs based in Bessemer, 2011 → 2021: 930 → 757. 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.