Work & commute · Escanaba

Work & commute in Escanaba, MI

Most working residents leave Escanaba for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Escanaba (38%), Gladstone (9%) and Wells (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 1,113 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,026 Escanaba residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 766 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Escanaba.

1,026live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

766work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Escanaba goes to work

Escanaba8.3 mi away

38%421

Gladstone6.7 mi away

9%103

Wells4.8 mi away

8%89

Escanaba (in town)right here

8%87

Marquette49.5 mi away

4%49

Harris11.1 mi away

3%30

Bark River11.6 mi away

1%15

Iron Mountain43.1 mi away

1%14

Spalding18.8 mi away

1%12

Lansing252.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%283

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

How far

How far Escanaba commutes

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

61%

23%

61%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Escanaba is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Escanaba are

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

Jobs based in Escanaba

853 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Escanaba residents hold

1,113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+928%

Jobs based in Escanaba, 2011 → 2021: 83 → 853. 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.