Work & commute · Grand Island

Work & commute in Grand Island, MI

Most working residents leave Grand Island for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Munising (36%), Marquette (18%) and Houghton (9%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 11 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 11 Grand Island residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Island.

11live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Island goes to work

Munising6.5 mi away

36%4

Marquette35.2 mi away

18%2

Houghton99.1 mi away

9%1

Escanaba57.3 mi away

9%1

Detroit335.3 mi away

9%1

Au Train13.1 mi away

9%1

Marquette41.1 mi away

9%1

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

How far

How far Grand Island commutes

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

45%

27%

45%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Island is a job hub

17.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Island are

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

Jobs based in Grand Island

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Grand Island residents hold

11 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

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.