Work & commute · Interior

Work & commute in Interior, MI

Most working residents leave Interior for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Watersmeet (17%), Stannard (13%) and Bessemer (6%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 75 Interior residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Interior.

75live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Interior goes to work

Watersmeet15.3 mi away

17%13

Stannard11.3 mi away

13%10

Bessemer47.6 mi away

6%5

Wakefield42 mi away

6%5

Ontonagon29.1 mi away

5%4

Hancock52.5 mi away

3%2

Baraga30.5 mi away

3%2

Interior (in town)right here

3%2

Bergland30.9 mi away

3%2

McMillan12.6 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%30

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

How far

How far Interior commutes

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

14%

23%

32%

30%

14%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Interior is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Interior are

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

Jobs based in Interior

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less75%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Interior residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month36%

−71%

Jobs based in Interior, 2011 → 2021: 28 → 8. 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.