Work & commute · Stanton

Work & commute in Stanton, MI

Most working residents leave Stanton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Houghton (30%), Hancock (14%) and Portage (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 588 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 579 Stanton residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanton.

579live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stanton goes to work

Houghton10.1 mi away

30%179

Hancock8.8 mi away

14%84

Portage12.1 mi away

7%44

Adams6.1 mi away

6%36

Calumet18.6 mi away

5%28

Marquette76.2 mi away

3%18

Baraga27.1 mi away

3%16

L'Anse35.4 mi away

3%15

Escanaba124.3 mi away

2%10

Franklin12.2 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%148

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

How far

How far Stanton commutes

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

55%

16%

22%

55%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stanton is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanton are

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

Jobs based in Stanton

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Stanton residents hold

588 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+333%

Jobs based in Stanton, 2011 → 2021: 15 → 65. 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.