Work & commute · Breen

Work & commute in Breen, MI

Most working residents leave Breen for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Iron Mountain (33%), Kingsford (9%) and Norway (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 190 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 183 Breen residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Breen.

183live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Breen goes to work

Iron Mountain20.4 mi away

33%63

Kingsford22.8 mi away

9%17

Norway16.4 mi away

7%13

Breitung16.7 mi away

7%13

Escanaba33.9 mi away

5%9

Sagola18.2 mi away

5%9

Marquette41.9 mi away

4%8

Felch9.6 mi away

4%8

Breen (in town)right here

4%7

Houghton88.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%40

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

How far

How far Breen commutes

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

63%

17%

15%

6%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Breen is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Breen are

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

Jobs based in Breen

244 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Breen residents hold

190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+1335%

Jobs based in Breen, 2011 → 2021: 17 → 244. 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.