Work & commute · L'Anse

Work & commute in L'Anse, MI

About one in 3 of L'Anse’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Baraga (29%), Houghton (5%) and Hancock (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

400 of 1,276 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 876 L'Anse residents head out of town to work, 400 work right here, and 491 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in L'Anse.

876live here, work elsewhere

400live and work here

491work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where L'Anse goes to work

L'Anse (in town)right here

31%400

Baraga13.3 mi away

29%375

Houghton29.9 mi away

5%64

Hancock32.1 mi away

3%33

Marquette44.7 mi away

2%31

Portage23.3 mi away

2%26

Escanaba88.9 mi away

2%20

Ishpeming34.5 mi away

1%17

Arvon11 mi away

1%16

Gladstone85.5 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%280

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

How far

How far L'Anse commutes

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

58%

11%

22%

58%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

L'Anse is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in L'Anse are

891 jobs are based in L'Anse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs L'Anse’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in L'Anse

891 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs L'Anse residents hold

1,276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−14%

Jobs based in L'Anse, 2011 → 2021: 1,038 → 891. 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.