Work & commute · Trout Lake

Work & commute in Trout Lake, MI

Most working residents leave Trout Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sault Ste. Marie (22%), Whitefish (17%) and Kinross (7%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 88 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 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 85 Trout Lake residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trout Lake.

85live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trout Lake goes to work

Sault Ste. Marie33.4 mi away

22%19

Whitefish28.6 mi away

17%15

Kinross14.9 mi away

7%6

Clark32 mi away

5%4

Rudyard15.7 mi away

3%3

McMillan34.1 mi away

3%3

Soo37.4 mi away

3%3

Trout Lake (in town)right here

3%3

Rogers City77.7 mi away

2%2

Cheboygan45.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%28

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

How far

How far Trout Lake commutes

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

11%

60%

25%

3%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

60%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trout Lake is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trout Lake are

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

Jobs based in Trout Lake

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities78%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Trout Lake residents hold

88 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+23%

Jobs based in Trout Lake, 2011 → 2021: 22 → 27. 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.