Work & commute · Moran

Work & commute in Moran, MI

Most working residents leave Moran for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are St. Ignace (23%), Mackinac Island (16%) and Sault Ste. Marie (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 297 Moran residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 286 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moran.

297live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

286work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moran goes to work

St. Ignace14.8 mi away

23%75

Mackinac Island19.8 mi away

16%51

Moran (in town)right here

8%26

Sault Ste. Marie40.5 mi away

8%25

St. Ignace12.3 mi away

4%12

Kinross22.2 mi away

2%8

Pentland28.7 mi away

2%8

Mackinaw23.9 mi away

2%6

Brevort4.6 mi away

2%5

Lansing230.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%103

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

How far

How far Moran commutes

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

41%

14%

24%

20%

41%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moran is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moran are

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

Jobs based in Moran

312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Moran residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+73%

Jobs based in Moran, 2011 → 2021: 180 → 312. 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.