Work & commute · Ely

Work & commute in Ely, MI

Most working residents leave Ely for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ishpeming (32%), Marquette (19%) and Ishpeming (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 692 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 677 Ely residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ely.

677live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ely goes to work

Ishpeming7.3 mi away

32%221

Marquette21.7 mi away

19%134

Ishpeming15.4 mi away

8%56

Negaunee11.6 mi away

4%29

Marquette18.9 mi away

3%23

Iron Mountain42.6 mi away

2%17

Forsyth21.9 mi away

2%16

Ely (in town)right here

2%15

Chocolay26.7 mi away

2%11

Baraga43.1 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%159

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

How far

How far Ely commutes

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

42%

33%

18%

42%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ely is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ely are

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

Jobs based in Ely

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Ely residents hold

692 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+43%

Jobs based in Ely, 2011 → 2021: 88 → 126. 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.