Work & commute · Mathias

Work & commute in Mathias, MI

Most working residents leave Mathias for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Munising (21%), Marquette (13%) and Munising (9%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
3 of 144 working residents
Typical commute
29 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
35 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 141 Mathias residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mathias.

141live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
26work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Mathias goes to work

GladstoneMunisingIshpemingMarquetteGrand RapidsAu TrainGrand IslandMunisingHayesMarquetteNegauneeRock RiverGermfaskMasonvilleMathiasLimestoneMunisingMarquetteMunisingGrand IslandRock RiverAu TrainGladstoneIshpemingGrand RapidsMarquetteMathias
1
Munising19.1 mi away
21%30
2
Marquette34.2 mi away
13%18
3
Munising21.5 mi away
9%13
4
Grand Island23.5 mi away
5%7
5
Rock River10.9 mi away
4%6
6
Au Train10.4 mi away
3%5
7
Gladstone26.3 mi away
3%4
8
Ishpeming42.3 mi away
3%4
9
Grand Rapids232.6 mi away
2%3
10
Marquette40.8 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%51

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

How far

How far Mathias commutes

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

4%Under 10 mi
40%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Mathias is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mathias are

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

Jobs based in Mathias

29 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)79%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)3%
$1,250 a month or less48%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Mathias residents hold

144 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month50%
+107%

Jobs based in Mathias, 2011 → 2021: 14 → 29. 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.

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