Work & commute · Pickford

Work & commute in Pickford, MI

Most working residents leave Pickford for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Sault Ste. Marie (28%), Kinross (13%) and Rudyard (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 708 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 669 Pickford residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pickford.

669live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pickford goes to work

Sault Ste. Marie20.9 mi away

28%199

Kinross18.4 mi away

13%94

Pickford (in town)right here

6%39

Rudyard14.1 mi away

5%37

Clark11.3 mi away

5%33

Soo10.3 mi away

3%21

Bay Mills27.7 mi away

2%16

Marquette148.2 mi away

2%12

Dafter13.8 mi away

2%11

Bruce9.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%235

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

How far

How far Pickford commutes

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

21%

47%

28%

21%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pickford is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pickford are

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

Jobs based in Pickford

204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Pickford residents hold

708 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−42%

Jobs based in Pickford, 2011 → 2021: 352 → 204. 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.