Work & commute · Mackinac Island

Work & commute in Mackinac Island, MI

Most working residents leave Mackinac Island for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are St. Ignace (22%), Moran (13%) and Sault Ste. Marie (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

30 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 167 Mackinac Island residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 377 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mackinac Island.

167live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

377work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mackinac Island goes to work

St. Ignace5.4 mi away

22%44

Mackinac Island (in town)right here

15%30

Moran19.8 mi away

13%25

Sault Ste. Marie44.3 mi away

6%12

Kinross30.8 mi away

4%8

St. Ignace12.9 mi away

4%8

Brevort16.8 mi away

3%5

Petoskey39 mi away

2%4

Marquette140.8 mi away

2%4

Mackinaw8.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%54

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

How far

How far Mackinac Island commutes

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

53%

15%

25%

53%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mackinac Island is a job hub

2.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mackinac Island are

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

Jobs based in Mackinac Island

407 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Mackinac Island residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+3%

Jobs based in Mackinac Island, 2011 → 2021: 394 → 407. 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.