Work & commute · Stephenson

Work & commute in Stephenson, MI

Most working residents leave Stephenson for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Marinette (16%), Menominee (12%) and Harris (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 284 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 261 Stephenson residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stephenson.

261live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

278work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stephenson goes to work

Marinette, WI22.6 mi away

16%45

Menominee20.2 mi away

12%33

Harris29.3 mi away

10%28

Stephenson (in town)right here

8%23

Escanaba34.3 mi away

5%14

Spalding28.1 mi away

4%12

Stephenson3.5 mi away

4%11

Mellen5.6 mi away

2%7

Grand Rapids195.1 mi away

2%6

Menominee13.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%99

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

How far

How far Stephenson commutes

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

17%

47%

17%

18%

17%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stephenson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stephenson are

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

Jobs based in Stephenson

301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Stephenson residents hold

284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+363%

Jobs based in Stephenson, 2011 → 2021: 65 → 301. 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.