Work & commute · Chocolay

Work & commute in Chocolay, MI

Most working residents leave Chocolay for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Marquette (46%), Ishpeming (5%) and Forsyth (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

140 of 2,316 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,176 Chocolay residents head out of town to work, 140 work right here, and 689 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chocolay.

2,176live here, work elsewhere

140live and work here

689work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chocolay goes to work

Marquette9 mi away

46%1,056

Chocolay (in town)right here

6%140

Ishpeming20.1 mi away

5%122

Forsyth18.4 mi away

4%100

Marquette15.7 mi away

4%87

Negaunee16.3 mi away

2%53

Escanaba50.3 mi away

2%49

Baraga66.1 mi away

2%42

Munising30.2 mi away

1%34

Sands9.3 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%600

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

How far

How far Chocolay commutes

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

56%

17%

22%

56%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chocolay is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chocolay are

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

Jobs based in Chocolay

829 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Chocolay residents hold

2,316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−57%

Jobs based in Chocolay, 2011 → 2021: 1,932 → 829. 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.