Work & commute · Port Hope

Work & commute in Port Hope, MI

Most working residents leave Port Hope for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bad Axe (13%), Harbor Beach (10%) and Huron (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 100 Port Hope residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Hope.

100live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Hope goes to work

Bad Axe16.9 mi away

13%13

Harbor Beach7.2 mi away

10%10

Huron6.2 mi away

9%9

Verona13.8 mi away

6%6

Rubicon3.1 mi away

5%5

Colfax19.8 mi away

4%4

Lansing125.6 mi away

3%3

Winsor30.1 mi away

3%3

Port Huron66.8 mi away

2%2

Auburn Hills91.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%47

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

How far

How far Port Hope commutes

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

24%

31%

11%

35%

24%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Hope is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Hope are

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

Jobs based in Port Hope

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs Port Hope residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−63%

Jobs based in Port Hope, 2011 → 2021: 40 → 15. 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.