Work & commute · Marquette

Work & commute in Marquette, MI

56% of Marquette’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Marquette (5%), Escanaba (2%) and Chocolay (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56%

3,732 of 6,696 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,964 Marquette residents head out of town to work, 3,732 work right here, and 9,069 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marquette.

2,964live here, work elsewhere

3,732live and work here

9,069work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marquette goes to work

Marquette (in town)right here

56%3,732

Marquette6.7 mi away

5%329

Escanaba57.6 mi away

2%167

Chocolay9 mi away

2%143

Ishpeming14.4 mi away

2%134

Forsyth22.1 mi away

2%123

Iron Mountain59.2 mi away

2%107

Negaunee10.1 mi away

2%106

Negaunee7.1 mi away

1%80

Houghton67.6 mi away

1%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,706

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

How far

How far Marquette commutes

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

66%

26%

66%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marquette is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marquette are

12,801 jobs are based in Marquette. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marquette’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marquette

12,801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Marquette residents hold

6,696 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−13%

Jobs based in Marquette, 2011 → 2021: 14,779 → 12,801. 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.