Work & commute · Breitung

Work & commute in Breitung, MI

Most working residents leave Breitung for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Iron Mountain (38%), Kingsford (15%) and Norway (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

228 of 2,457 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

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,229 Breitung residents head out of town to work, 228 work right here, and 1,368 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Breitung.

2,229live here, work elsewhere

228live and work here

1,368work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Breitung goes to work

Iron Mountain3.9 mi away

38%932

Kingsford6.3 mi away

15%368

Breitung (in town)right here

9%228

Norway6.8 mi away

6%156

Marquette55.4 mi away

3%72

Escanaba45.4 mi away

2%54

Florence, WI17.5 mi away

2%39

Niagara, WI6.4 mi away

2%38

Escanaba40.7 mi away

1%23

Breen16.7 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%529

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

How far

How far Breitung commutes

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

70%

17%

70%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Breitung 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 Breitung are

1,596 jobs are based in Breitung. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Breitung’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Breitung

1,596 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Breitung residents hold

2,457 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+210%

Jobs based in Breitung, 2011 → 2021: 515 → 1,596. 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.