Work & commute · Copper Harbor

Work & commute in Copper Harbor, MI

Most working residents leave Copper Harbor for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Calumet (24%), Hancock (20%) and Houghton (9%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 43 Copper Harbor residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copper Harbor.

43live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Copper Harbor goes to work

Calumet30.6 mi away

24%11

Hancock41.1 mi away

20%9

Houghton54.1 mi away

9%4

Houghton40.9 mi away

7%3

Grant4.5 mi away

4%2

Allouez23.6 mi away

4%2

Caspian103.3 mi away

2%1

Sturgis409.8 mi away

2%1

Iron Mountain113.7 mi away

2%1

Escanaba124.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%10

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

How far

How far Copper Harbor commutes

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

64%

22%

4%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

64%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Copper Harbor is a job hub

1.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Copper Harbor are

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

Jobs based in Copper Harbor

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Copper Harbor residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

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.