Work & commute · Onota

Work & commute in Onota, MI

Most working residents leave Onota for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Munising (24%), Marquette (19%) and Munising (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 120 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 119 Onota residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onota.

119live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onota goes to work

Munising16 mi away

24%29

Marquette22.2 mi away

19%23

Munising21.4 mi away

8%9

Rock River6.9 mi away

6%7

Grand Island15.2 mi away

4%5

Escanaba48.6 mi away

3%4

Southfield329.2 mi away

3%3

Grand Rapids248.9 mi away

3%3

Iron Mountain67.9 mi away

2%2

Howard, WI140.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%33

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

How far

How far Onota commutes

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

63%

28%

3%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onota is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Onota are

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

Jobs based in Onota

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Onota residents hold

120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+0%

Jobs based in Onota, 2011 → 2021: 22 → 22. 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.