Work & commute · Rock River

Work & commute in Rock River, MI

Most working residents leave Rock River for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Munising (25%), Marquette (12%) and Munising (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 311 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 293 Rock River residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock River.

293live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock River goes to work

Munising18.8 mi away

25%77

Marquette23.7 mi away

12%37

Munising23.4 mi away

6%20

Rock River (in town)right here

6%18

Au Train10.5 mi away

5%14

Escanaba41.7 mi away

4%12

Grand Island20.1 mi away

4%11

Ishpeming33.5 mi away

3%10

Baraga80.4 mi away

2%6

Forsyth22.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%100

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

How far

How far Rock River commutes

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

47%

20%

26%

7%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock River is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rock River are

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

Jobs based in Rock River

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Rock River residents hold

311 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+97%

Jobs based in Rock River, 2011 → 2021: 70 → 138. 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.