Work & commute · Felch

Work & commute in Felch, MI

Most working residents leave Felch for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Iron Mountain (28%), Kingsford (15%) and Breitung (10%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 262 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 250 Felch residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Felch.

250live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Felch goes to work

Iron Mountain19.8 mi away

28%74

Kingsford22 mi away

15%38

Breitung15.9 mi away

10%26

Sagola9.1 mi away

5%13

Felch (in town)right here

5%12

Marquette39.5 mi away

4%10

Escanaba43.3 mi away

3%7

Crystal Falls22.6 mi away

2%5

Iron River37.7 mi away

2%4

Norway19.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%69

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

How far

How far Felch commutes

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

65%

17%

10%

8%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Felch is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Felch are

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

Jobs based in Felch

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Felch residents hold

262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+125%

Jobs based in Felch, 2011 → 2021: 40 → 90. 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.