Work & commute · Escanaba

Work & commute in Escanaba, MI

48% of Escanaba’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Wells (7%), Marquette (4%) and Gladstone (4%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

2,183 of 4,520 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 2,337 Escanaba residents head out of town to work, 2,183 work right here, and 5,338 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Escanaba.

2,337live here, work elsewhere

2,183live and work here

5,338work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Escanaba goes to work

Escanaba (in town)right here

48%2,183

Wells5 mi away

7%321

Marquette57.6 mi away

4%202

Gladstone7.7 mi away

4%194

Harris15.2 mi away

4%160

Escanaba8.3 mi away

3%142

Spalding23.2 mi away

2%75

Iron Mountain47.3 mi away

1%57

Traverse City99.4 mi away

1%40

Bark River10.4 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,110

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.

64%

25%

64%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Escanaba is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Escanaba are

7,521 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

7,521 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Escanaba residents hold

4,520 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−15%

Jobs based in Escanaba, 2011 → 2021: 8,825 → 7,521. 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.