Work & commute · Ishpeming

Work & commute in Ishpeming, MI

Most working residents leave Ishpeming for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Marquette (28%), Ishpeming (23%) and Negaunee (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 1,351 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,264 Ishpeming residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 590 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ishpeming.

1,264live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

590work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ishpeming goes to work

Marquette14.9 mi away

28%377

Ishpeming10.8 mi away

23%304

Ishpeming (in town)right here

6%87

Negaunee10.2 mi away

6%81

Forsyth29.8 mi away

3%41

Marquette8.5 mi away

3%35

Chocolay23.6 mi away

3%34

Ely15.4 mi away

2%24

Escanaba67.4 mi away

1%18

Baraga43.2 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%333

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

How far

How far Ishpeming commutes

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

39%

37%

21%

39%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ishpeming is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ishpeming are

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

Jobs based in Ishpeming

677 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Ishpeming residents hold

1,351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−70%

Jobs based in Ishpeming, 2011 → 2021: 2,234 → 677. 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.