Work & commute · Pentland

Work & commute in Pentland, MI

Most working residents leave Pentland for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are McMillan (34%), Lakefield (5%) and Breen (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

79 of 516 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 437 Pentland residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 470 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pentland.

437live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

470work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pentland goes to work

McMillan15.7 mi away

34%175

Pentland (in town)right here

15%79

Lakefield15 mi away

5%24

Breen111.1 mi away

4%19

Sault Ste. Marie51.8 mi away

3%14

Manistique45.8 mi away

2%12

Escanaba88.1 mi away

2%11

Garfield8.5 mi away

2%11

Marquette95.6 mi away

2%9

Portage18.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%153

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

How far

How far Pentland commutes

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

52%

34%

52%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pentland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pentland are

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

Jobs based in Pentland

549 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Pentland residents hold

516 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+28%

Jobs based in Pentland, 2011 → 2021: 430 → 549. 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.