Work & commute · L'Anse
Work & commute in L'Anse, MI
Most working residents leave L'Anse for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are L'Anse (32%), Baraga (26%) and Houghton (6%). Half commute less than 3 miles.
Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute timesWork in town
18%125 of 679 working residents
Typical commute
3 miHalf commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 minOne way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 554 L'Anse residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in L'Anse.
554live here, work elsewhere
125live and work here
404work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map
Where L'Anse goes to work
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%152Lines 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%
14%
22%
58%Under 10 mi
6%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?
L'Anse is balanced between jobs and homes
0.78jobs per working resident
BalancedAbout as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
The jobs
What the jobs in L'Anse are
529 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
529 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month42%
Jobs L'Anse residents hold
679 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month45%