Work & commute · Sagola

Work & commute in Sagola, MI

Most working residents leave Sagola for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Iron Mountain (27%), Kingsford (7%) and Breitung (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 381 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 362 Sagola residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sagola.

362live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sagola goes to work

Iron Mountain19.4 mi away

27%104

Kingsford21 mi away

7%28

Breitung16.3 mi away

7%26

Breen18.2 mi away

6%22

Marquette43.3 mi away

6%21

Sagola (in town)right here

5%19

Felch9.1 mi away

5%19

Norway22.1 mi away

3%10

Escanaba52.1 mi away

2%9

Crystal Falls16.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%114

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

How far

How far Sagola commutes

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

12%

51%

17%

20%

12%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sagola is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sagola are

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

Jobs based in Sagola

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Sagola residents hold

381 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−71%

Jobs based in Sagola, 2011 → 2021: 528 → 153. 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.