Work & commute · Hematite

Work & commute in Hematite, MI

Most working residents leave Hematite for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Iron River (28%), Crystal Falls (15%) and Kingsford (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 71 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 69 Hematite residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hematite.

69live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hematite goes to work

Iron River18.2 mi away

28%20

Crystal Falls18.7 mi away

15%11

Kingsford41 mi away

6%4

Iron Mountain40.7 mi away

4%3

Crystal Falls10.1 mi away

4%3

Houghton53.7 mi away

3%2

Norway46.1 mi away

3%2

Marquette53.8 mi away

3%2

Hematite (in town)right here

3%2

Village of Clarkston352.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%21

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

How far

How far Hematite commutes

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

10%

45%

15%

30%

10%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hematite is a job hub

2.39jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hematite are

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

Jobs based in Hematite

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Hematite residents hold

71 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+286%

Jobs based in Hematite, 2011 → 2021: 44 → 170. 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.