Work & commute · Chassell

Work & commute in Chassell, MI

Most working residents leave Chassell for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Houghton (21%), Hancock (13%) and Baraga (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 653 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 618 Chassell residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chassell.

618live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chassell goes to work

Houghton9.1 mi away

21%140

Hancock11.1 mi away

13%84

Baraga16.5 mi away

8%54

Chassell (in town)right here

5%35

Portage4.8 mi away

5%33

L'Anse21.2 mi away

4%29

Calumet19.5 mi away

4%25

Marquette61.6 mi away

3%19

Adams8.7 mi away

3%17

Escanaba109.9 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%206

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

How far

How far Chassell commutes

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

43%

28%

43%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chassell is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chassell are

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

Jobs based in Chassell

123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Chassell residents hold

653 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−20%

Jobs based in Chassell, 2011 → 2021: 153 → 123. 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.