Work & commute · Kingsford

Work & commute in Kingsford, MI

About one in 5 of Kingsford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Iron Mountain (41%), Breitung (7%) and Norway (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

427 of 2,177 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 1,750 Kingsford residents head out of town to work, 427 work right here, and 2,224 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingsford.

1,750live here, work elsewhere

427live and work here

2,224work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingsford goes to work

Iron Mountain2.4 mi away

41%896

Kingsford (in town)right here

20%427

Breitung6.3 mi away

7%155

Norway9 mi away

3%75

Marquette61.5 mi away

2%45

Escanaba49.2 mi away

2%42

Florence, WI15 mi away

1%27

Niagara, WI5 mi away

1%26

Escanaba45.1 mi away

1%19

Pembine, WI14.2 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%447

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

How far

How far Kingsford commutes

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

73%

17%

73%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingsford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingsford are

2,651 jobs are based in Kingsford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kingsford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kingsford

2,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Kingsford residents hold

2,177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+35%

Jobs based in Kingsford, 2011 → 2021: 1,963 → 2,651. 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.