Work & commute · Laird

Work & commute in Laird, MI

Most working residents leave Laird for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houghton (23%), Hancock (14%) and Baraga (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 175 Laird residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laird.

175live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laird goes to work

Houghton30.2 mi away

23%41

Hancock31.4 mi away

14%25

Baraga10 mi away

6%11

L'Anse22.7 mi away

5%9

Marquette66.7 mi away

5%8

Portage19.8 mi away

5%8

Calumet41.6 mi away

4%7

Chassell22.7 mi away

3%5

Iron River42.4 mi away

2%4

Escanaba104.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%54

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

How far

How far Laird commutes

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

28%

44%

25%

3%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laird is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laird are

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

Jobs based in Laird

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Laird residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+133%

Jobs based in Laird, 2011 → 2021: 12 → 28. 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.