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Work & commute in Lake Linden, MI

Most working residents leave Lake Linden for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hancock (19%), Houghton (17%) and Calumet (16%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
11 of 355 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 344 Lake Linden residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Linden.

344live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
172work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Lake Linden goes to work

Lake LindenHancockHoughtonMarquetteBaragaSchoolcraftAllouezFranklinOsceolaPortageTorch LakeCalumetHancockHoughtonCalumetTorch LakeFranklinPortageSchoolcraftOsceolaBaragaMarquetteLake Linden
1
Hancock9.9 mi away
19%67
2
Houghton9.4 mi away
17%61
3
Calumet5.1 mi away
16%56
4
Torch Lake6.5 mi away
5%18
5
Franklin6.3 mi away
5%17
6
Portage18.8 mi away
4%15
7
Schoolcraft5.2 mi away
3%11
8
Osceola3.8 mi away
3%10
9
Baraga31.9 mi away
3%9
10
Marquette64.9 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%83

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

How far

How far Lake Linden commutes

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

60%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Linden is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Linden are

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

Jobs based in Lake Linden

183 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)81%
$1,250 a month or less31%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lake Linden residents hold

355 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month40%
+5%

Jobs based in Lake Linden, 2011 → 2021: 175 → 183. 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.

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