Work & commute · Ontonagon

Work & commute in Ontonagon, MI

About one in 3 of Ontonagon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ontonagon (41%), Baraga (5%) and Houghton (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

150 of 416 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 266 Ontonagon residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ontonagon.

266live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ontonagon goes to work

Ontonagon2.7 mi away

41%171

Baraga35.5 mi away

5%19

Houghton39 mi away

4%17

Escanaba131.5 mi away

3%13

Hancock38.5 mi away

3%12

Greenland12.7 mi away

2%10

Carp Lake19.2 mi away

2%10

Bergland24.6 mi away

2%9

McMillan25.7 mi away

2%9

Kingsford93.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%138

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

How far

How far Ontonagon commutes

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

41%

10%

23%

26%

41%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ontonagon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ontonagon are

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

Jobs based in Ontonagon

461 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Ontonagon residents hold

416 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−35%

Jobs based in Ontonagon, 2011 → 2021: 713 → 461. 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.