Work & commute · Iron Mountain

Work & commute in Iron Mountain, MI

43% of Iron Mountain’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Kingsford (16%), Breitung (7%) and Norway (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

1,304 of 3,044 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,740 Iron Mountain residents head out of town to work, 1,304 work right here, and 6,259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iron Mountain.

1,740live here, work elsewhere

1,304live and work here

6,259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iron Mountain goes to work

Iron Mountain (in town)right here

43%1,304

Kingsford2.4 mi away

16%494

Breitung3.9 mi away

7%220

Norway7.3 mi away

3%95

Marquette59.2 mi away

3%92

Escanaba47.3 mi away

3%86

Florence, WI16.1 mi away

1%43

Niagara, WI4.3 mi away

1%42

Iron River33.4 mi away

1%24

Ironwood109 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%622

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

How far

How far Iron Mountain commutes

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

72%

18%

72%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iron Mountain is a job hub

2.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iron Mountain are

7,563 jobs are based in Iron Mountain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Iron Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Iron Mountain

7,563 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Iron Mountain residents hold

3,044 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−8%

Jobs based in Iron Mountain, 2011 → 2021: 8,195 → 7,563. 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.