Work & commute · Gaastra

Work & commute in Gaastra, MI

Most working residents leave Gaastra for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Iron River (34%), Caspian (8%) and Crystal Falls (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 106 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 106 Gaastra residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gaastra.

106live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gaastra goes to work

Iron River3.2 mi away

34%36

Caspian1.2 mi away

8%9

Crystal Falls13.8 mi away

7%7

Crystal Falls19.4 mi away

6%6

Kingsford29.7 mi away

3%3

Iron Mountain30.6 mi away

3%3

Hematite20.3 mi away

3%3

Iron River15.8 mi away

3%3

Ironwood78.8 mi away

2%2

Ishpeming52.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%32

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

How far

How far Gaastra commutes

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

47%

17%

26%

47%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gaastra is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gaastra are

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

Jobs based in Gaastra

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Gaastra residents hold

106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month33%

+740%

Jobs based in Gaastra, 2011 → 2021: 5 → 42. 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.