Work & commute · Hancock

Work & commute in Hancock, MI

About one in 4 of Hancock’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Houghton (30%), Calumet (6%) and Portage (5%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

424 of 1,596 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,172 Hancock residents head out of town to work, 424 work right here, and 2,045 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hancock.

1,172live here, work elsewhere

424live and work here

2,045work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hancock goes to work

Houghton2.2 mi away

30%475

Hancock (in town)right here

27%424

Calumet11 mi away

6%98

Portage11.8 mi away

5%78

Marquette69.8 mi away

3%54

Franklin3.5 mi away

3%42

Adams6.9 mi away

2%28

Osceola6.7 mi away

2%28

Baraga27.1 mi away

1%21

Torch Lake11.7 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%329

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

How far

How far Hancock commutes

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

71%

21%

71%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hancock is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hancock are

2,469 jobs are based in Hancock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hancock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hancock

2,469 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Hancock residents hold

1,596 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+11%

Jobs based in Hancock, 2011 → 2021: 2,223 → 2,469. 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.