Work & commute · McMillan

Work & commute in McMillan, MI

About one in 3 of McMillan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pentland (18%), Sault Ste. Marie (4%) and Lakefield (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

296 of 876 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 580 McMillan residents head out of town to work, 296 work right here, and 610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McMillan.

580live here, work elsewhere

296live and work here

610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McMillan goes to work

McMillan (in town)right here

34%296

Pentland15.7 mi away

18%161

Sault Ste. Marie54.6 mi away

4%36

Lakefield19.3 mi away

4%35

Marquette89.3 mi away

2%20

Breen110.5 mi away

2%14

Portage25.9 mi away

2%14

Manistique51.8 mi away

1%13

Whitefish20.3 mi away

1%13

Munising52.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%264

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

How far

How far McMillan commutes

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

50%

10%

35%

50%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McMillan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McMillan are

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

Jobs based in McMillan

906 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs McMillan residents hold

876 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−22%

Jobs based in McMillan, 2011 → 2021: 1,156 → 906. 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.