Work & commute · Mastodon

Work & commute in Mastodon, MI

Most working residents leave Mastodon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Crystal Falls (15%), Iron Mountain (12%) and Crystal Falls (10%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 192 Mastodon residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mastodon.

192live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mastodon goes to work

Crystal Falls5.4 mi away

15%29

Iron Mountain17 mi away

12%23

Crystal Falls16.3 mi away

10%19

Iron River17.7 mi away

6%12

Kingsford17 mi away

4%8

Florence, WI7.7 mi away

4%8

Hematite24.1 mi away

3%6

Breitung16.6 mi away

3%6

Iron River28.9 mi away

3%5

Breen28.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%76

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

How far

How far Mastodon commutes

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

26%

36%

12%

26%

26%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mastodon is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mastodon are

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

Jobs based in Mastodon

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Mastodon residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+49%

Jobs based in Mastodon, 2011 → 2021: 35 → 52. 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.