Work & commute · Clark

Work & commute in Clark, MI

About one in 3 of Clark’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sault Ste. Marie (13%), St. Ignace (5%) and Kinross (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

195 of 599 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 404 Clark residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clark.

404live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clark goes to work

Clark (in town)right here

33%195

Sault Ste. Marie32.1 mi away

13%79

St. Ignace20.4 mi away

5%32

Kinross25.6 mi away

4%22

Escanaba132.9 mi away

2%13

Rudyard19.6 mi away

2%11

Pickford11.3 mi away

2%10

Rogers City48.7 mi away

2%9

Garfield56.5 mi away

2%9

McMillan65.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%211

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

How far

How far Clark commutes

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

33%

16%

20%

31%

33%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clark is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clark are

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

Jobs based in Clark

571 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Clark residents hold

599 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+48%

Jobs based in Clark, 2011 → 2021: 387 → 571. 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.