Work & commute · Houghton

Work & commute in Houghton, MI

Most working residents leave Houghton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Calumet (14%), Hancock (12%) and Eagle Harbor (7%). Half commute less than 73 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 42 working residents

Typical commute

73 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 42 Houghton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Houghton.

42live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Houghton goes to work

Calumet58.3 mi away

14%6

Hancock66.3 mi away

12%5

Eagle Harbor19.3 mi away

7%3

Grant58 mi away

5%2

Allouez51.3 mi away

5%2

Houghton68 mi away

2%1

Menominee210.3 mi away

2%1

Marquette120 mi away

2%1

Jackson452.2 mi away

2%1

Sterling Heights466.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%19

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

How far

How far Houghton commutes

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

12%

21%

62%

12%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

62%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Houghton is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Houghton are

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

Jobs based in Houghton

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Houghton residents hold

42 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

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.