Work & commute · Caspian

Work & commute in Caspian, MI

Most working residents leave Caspian for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Iron River (32%), Crystal Falls (9%) and Kingsford (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 220 Caspian residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caspian.

220live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caspian goes to work

Iron River2.2 mi away

32%75

Crystal Falls14.7 mi away

9%21

Caspian (in town)right here

6%13

Kingsford31 mi away

6%13

Iron Mountain31.8 mi away

4%9

Hematite20 mi away

4%9

Iron River14.6 mi away

4%9

Crystal Falls19.8 mi away

3%7

Escanaba77.4 mi away

3%6

Rhinelander, WI48.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%67

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

How far

How far Caspian commutes

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

44%

17%

16%

24%

44%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caspian is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Caspian are

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

Jobs based in Caspian

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Caspian residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month36%

+397%

Jobs based in Caspian, 2011 → 2021: 34 → 169. 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.