Work & commute · Limestone

Work & commute in Limestone, MI

Most working residents leave Limestone for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Munising (14%), Marquette (10%) and Munising (10%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 105 Limestone residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Limestone.

105live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Limestone goes to work

Munising23.3 mi away

14%15

Marquette27.8 mi away

10%11

Munising26.9 mi away

10%11

Au Train14 mi away

5%5

Ishpeming34.9 mi away

4%4

Escanaba34.3 mi away

4%4

McMillan74.1 mi away

3%3

Troy316.9 mi away

2%2

Livonia321 mi away

2%2

Chocolay18.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%48

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

How far

How far Limestone commutes

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

36%

21%

38%

5%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Limestone is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Limestone are

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

Jobs based in Limestone

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities81%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Limestone residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−72%

Jobs based in Limestone, 2011 → 2021: 132 → 37. 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.