Work & commute · Watersmeet

Work & commute in Watersmeet, MI

About one in 4 of Watersmeet’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ironwood (8%), Wakefield (7%) and Bessemer (7%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

101 of 372 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 271 Watersmeet residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Watersmeet.

271live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

505work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Watersmeet goes to work

Watersmeet (in town)right here

27%101

Ironwood46.9 mi away

8%31

Wakefield37.8 mi away

7%26

Bessemer42.9 mi away

7%25

Hurley, WI49.4 mi away

3%13

Bessemer35.3 mi away

2%7

Ironwood49.6 mi away

2%7

Wakefield37.8 mi away

2%7

McMillan17.3 mi away

2%6

Escanaba107.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%144

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

How far

How far Watersmeet commutes

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

23%

11%

36%

30%

23%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Watersmeet is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Watersmeet are

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

Jobs based in Watersmeet

606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Watersmeet residents hold

372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+40%

Jobs based in Watersmeet, 2011 → 2021: 433 → 606. 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.