Work & commute · Copper

Work & commute in Copper, MI

Most working residents leave Copper for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Calumet (20%), Houghton (16%) and Hancock (13%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 76 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 76 Copper residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copper.

76live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Copper goes to work

Calumet3.3 mi away

20%15

Houghton14.6 mi away

16%12

Hancock14.2 mi away

13%10

Portage24.7 mi away

5%4

Torch Lake12.8 mi away

5%4

Schoolcraft7.6 mi away

4%3

Franklin11 mi away

4%3

Hancock11.2 mi away

4%3

Southfield416.3 mi away

3%2

Forsyth85.5 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%18

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

How far

How far Copper commutes

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

32%

50%

16%

32%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Copper is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Copper are

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

Jobs based in Copper

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Copper residents hold

76 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−92%

Jobs based in Copper, 2011 → 2021: 13 → 1. 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.