Work & commute · Gladstone

Work & commute in Gladstone, MI

Most working residents leave Gladstone for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Escanaba (35%), Wells (9%) and Marquette (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

300 of 1,883 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,583 Gladstone residents head out of town to work, 300 work right here, and 982 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gladstone.

1,583live here, work elsewhere

300live and work here

982work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gladstone goes to work

Escanaba7.7 mi away

35%651

Gladstone (in town)right here

16%300

Wells8.5 mi away

9%175

Marquette51.5 mi away

6%104

Escanaba6.7 mi away

5%99

Harris17.6 mi away

2%41

Masonville12.1 mi away

1%19

Iron Mountain49.8 mi away

1%18

Manistique38 mi away

1%15

Spalding25.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%446

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

How far

How far Gladstone commutes

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

64%

23%

64%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gladstone is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gladstone are

1,282 jobs are based in Gladstone. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gladstone’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gladstone

1,282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Gladstone residents hold

1,883 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−5%

Jobs based in Gladstone, 2011 → 2021: 1,355 → 1,282. 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.