Work & commute · Detour

Work & commute in Detour, MI

Most working residents leave Detour for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Sault Ste. Marie (20%), Drummond (15%) and Rogers City (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

22 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 154 Detour residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Detour.

154live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Detour goes to work

Sault Ste. Marie36.9 mi away

20%35

Drummond19 mi away

15%26

Detour (in town)right here

13%22

Rogers City41.6 mi away

5%8

Pickford19.6 mi away

5%8

Kinross37.9 mi away

3%6

East Jordan79.3 mi away

1%2

Manistique107.6 mi away

1%2

Mackinac Island31.2 mi away

1%2

Gaylord75.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%63

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

How far

How far Detour commutes

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

22%

11%

35%

33%

22%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Detour is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Detour are

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

Jobs based in Detour

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Detour residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+84%

Jobs based in Detour, 2011 → 2021: 128 → 235. 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.