Work & commute · Ishpeming

Work & commute in Ishpeming, MI

About one in 4 of Ishpeming’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Marquette (26%), Negaunee (5%) and Ishpeming (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

600 of 2,439 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,839 Ishpeming residents head out of town to work, 600 work right here, and 2,164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ishpeming.

1,839live here, work elsewhere

600live and work here

2,164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ishpeming goes to work

Marquette14.4 mi away

26%632

Ishpeming (in town)right here

25%600

Negaunee4.3 mi away

5%134

Ishpeming10.8 mi away

4%96

Marquette11.9 mi away

4%92

Forsyth20 mi away

3%84

Escanaba57.5 mi away

3%79

Chocolay20.1 mi away

2%45

Iron Mountain48.1 mi away

1%36

Negaunee8.3 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%607

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.

37%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ishpeming is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ishpeming are

2,764 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

2,764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Ishpeming residents hold

2,439 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+65%

Jobs based in Ishpeming, 2011 → 2021: 1,674 → 2,764. 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.