Work & commute · Powell

Work & commute in Powell, MI

Most working residents leave Powell for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Marquette (35%), Ishpeming (4%) and Ishpeming (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

22 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 182 Powell residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powell.

182live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powell goes to work

Marquette28.7 mi away

35%71

Powell (in town)right here

11%22

Ishpeming15.6 mi away

4%9

Ishpeming25.8 mi away

4%8

Chocolay37.7 mi away

3%7

Forsyth45.4 mi away

3%6

Escanaba83 mi away

2%5

Marquette22.1 mi away

2%5

Humboldt32 mi away

2%4

Lansing326.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%64

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

How far

How far Powell commutes

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

10%

48%

10%

31%

10%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Powell are

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

Jobs based in Powell

155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Powell residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+574%

Jobs based in Powell, 2011 → 2021: 23 → 155. 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.