Work & commute · Skandia

Work & commute in Skandia, MI

Most working residents leave Skandia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marquette (46%), Forsyth (6%) and Chocolay (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 340 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 337 Skandia residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Skandia.

337live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Skandia goes to work

Marquette18.3 mi away

46%158

Forsyth14.5 mi away

6%22

Chocolay9.7 mi away

5%18

Marquette24.7 mi away

4%15

Ishpeming25.7 mi away

4%12

West Branch6.6 mi away

3%9

Iron Mountain55.1 mi away

2%7

Negaunee22.8 mi away

2%6

Negaunee23.2 mi away

2%6

Humboldt35.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%81

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

How far

How far Skandia commutes

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

63%

19%

9%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Skandia is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Skandia are

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

Jobs based in Skandia

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Skandia residents hold

340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+28%

Jobs based in Skandia, 2011 → 2021: 39 → 50. 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.