Work & commute · Wells

Work & commute in Wells, MI

Most working residents leave Wells for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Forsyth (25%), Marquette (20%) and Escanaba (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 60 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 59 Wells residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wells.

59live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wells goes to work

Forsyth11.7 mi away

25%15

Marquette33.8 mi away

20%12

Escanaba29.1 mi away

7%4

Ishpeming29.6 mi away

5%3

Turin14 mi away

3%2

Chicago, IL292.3 mi away

2%1

Gaylord153.4 mi away

2%1

Iron Mountain32.4 mi away

2%1

Negaunee30.2 mi away

2%1

Kalamazoo278 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%19

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

How far

How far Wells commutes

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

32%

42%

25%

2%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wells 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 Wells are

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

Jobs based in Wells

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less56%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Wells residents hold

60 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−70%

Jobs based in Wells, 2011 → 2021: 30 → 9. 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.