Work & commute · Sault Ste. Marie

Work & commute in Sault Ste. Marie, MI

60% of Sault Ste. Marie’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Kinross (5%), Soo (3%) and Marquette (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60%

2,730 of 4,545 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 1,815 Sault Ste. Marie residents head out of town to work, 2,730 work right here, and 3,951 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sault Ste. Marie.

1,815live here, work elsewhere

2,730live and work here

3,951work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sault Ste. Marie goes to work

Sault Ste. Marie (in town)right here

60%2,730

Kinross18.7 mi away

5%236

Soo16.6 mi away

3%129

Marquette143.9 mi away

2%80

Bay Mills19.8 mi away

2%79

Bruce11.7 mi away

1%63

Escanaba139.4 mi away

1%57

Greenwood118.1 mi away

1%44

Traverse City133 mi away

1%39

Dafter8.6 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%1,049

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

How far

How far Sault Ste. Marie commutes

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

65%

24%

65%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sault Ste. Marie is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sault Ste. Marie are

6,681 jobs are based in Sault Ste. Marie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sault Ste. Marie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sault Ste. Marie

6,681 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Sault Ste. Marie residents hold

4,545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−9%

Jobs based in Sault Ste. Marie, 2011 → 2021: 7,369 → 6,681. 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.