Work & commute · Ensign

Work & commute in Ensign, MI

Most working residents leave Ensign for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Escanaba (21%), Gladstone (9%) and Masonville (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 228 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 222 Ensign residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ensign.

222live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ensign goes to work

Escanaba13.5 mi away

21%48

Gladstone7.7 mi away

9%20

Masonville9.2 mi away

9%20

Marquette53.2 mi away

8%18

Wells15.9 mi away

5%12

Escanaba14.3 mi away

5%12

Manistique30.3 mi away

3%6

Ensign (in town)right here

3%6

Harris25.3 mi away

3%6

Munising40.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%75

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

How far

How far Ensign commutes

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

36%

22%

10%

32%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ensign is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ensign are

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

Jobs based in Ensign

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Ensign residents hold

228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+667%

Jobs based in Ensign, 2011 → 2021: 9 → 69. 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.