Work & commute · Calumet

Work & commute in Calumet, MI

About one in 3 of Calumet’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Houghton (16%), Hancock (13%) and Portage (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

692 of 2,334 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,642 Calumet residents head out of town to work, 692 work right here, and 1,044 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calumet.

1,642live here, work elsewhere

692live and work here

1,044work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calumet goes to work

Calumet (in town)right here

30%692

Houghton11.6 mi away

16%379

Hancock11 mi away

13%307

Portage21.8 mi away

4%83

Franklin7.9 mi away

3%76

Marquette69.6 mi away

2%51

Schoolcraft8.4 mi away

2%49

Adams17.8 mi away

2%42

Osceola4.8 mi away

2%40

Torch Lake11.6 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%575

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

How far

How far Calumet commutes

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

49%

27%

20%

49%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calumet is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calumet are

1,736 jobs are based in Calumet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calumet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Calumet

1,736 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Calumet residents hold

2,334 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+14%

Jobs based in Calumet, 2011 → 2021: 1,522 → 1,736. 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.