Work & commute · Mackinaw

Work & commute in Mackinaw, MI

Most working residents leave Mackinaw for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Cheboygan (20%), Bear Creek (4%) and Petoskey (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

26 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 141 Mackinaw residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mackinaw.

141live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

410work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mackinaw goes to work

Cheboygan13.1 mi away

20%33

Mackinaw (in town)right here

16%26

Bear Creek28.9 mi away

4%6

Petoskey30.3 mi away

2%4

Inverness13 mi away

2%4

Traverse City81.3 mi away

2%3

Wyoming203.4 mi away

2%3

Moran23.9 mi away

2%3

Harbor Springs25.7 mi away

1%2

Charlevoix40.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%81

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

How far

How far Mackinaw commutes

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

21%

32%

16%

31%

21%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mackinaw is a job hub

2.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mackinaw are

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

Jobs based in Mackinaw

436 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Mackinaw residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+263%

Jobs based in Mackinaw, 2011 → 2021: 120 → 436. 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.