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Work & commute · Hiawatha

Work & commute in Hiawatha, MI

Most working residents leave Hiawatha for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Manistique (31%), Thompson (9%) and Sault Ste. Marie (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
6 of 439 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 433 Hiawatha residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hiawatha.

433live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
78work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hiawatha goes to work

ManistiqueMenomineeMunisingIron MountainMarquetteEscanabaSault Ste. MarieKentwoodMunisingDoyleGermfaskThompsonInwoodNahmaSeneyClarkManistiqueHiawathaMuellerBurtManistiqueThompsonSault Ste. MarieEscanabaDoyleMarquetteMunisingIron MountainClarkKentwoodHiawatha
1
Manistique19.4 mi away
31%135
2
Thompson18.4 mi away
9%41
3
Sault Ste. Marie94.8 mi away
5%24
4
Escanaba49.6 mi away
5%23
5
Doyle13.7 mi away
3%13
6
Marquette55.4 mi away
3%11
7
Munising19.4 mi away
2%10
8
Iron Mountain87.7 mi away
2%10
9
Clark96.1 mi away
2%10
10
Kentwood234.3 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%153

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

How far

How far Hiawatha commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
35%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hiawatha is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hiawatha are

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

Jobs based in Hiawatha

84 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)46%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)39%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Hiawatha residents hold

439 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month44%
−86%

Jobs based in Hiawatha, 2011 → 2021: 610 → 84. 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.

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