Work & commute · Hurley

Work & commute in Hurley, WI

About one in 3 of Hurley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ironwood (15%), Ashland (5%) and Bessemer (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

207 of 723 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 516 Hurley residents head out of town to work, 207 work right here, and 745 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hurley.

516live here, work elsewhere

207live and work here

745work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hurley goes to work

Hurley (in town)right here

29%207

Ironwood, MI2.8 mi away

15%107

Ashland32.9 mi away

5%34

Bessemer, MI7.9 mi away

4%29

Bessemer, MI14.1 mi away

2%16

Ironwood, MI8.5 mi away

2%15

Carey10.8 mi away

2%14

White River31.1 mi away

2%13

Wakefield, MI13.3 mi away

2%11

Duluth, MN94.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%267

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

How far

How far Hurley commutes

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

56%

11%

25%

56%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hurley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hurley are

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

Jobs based in Hurley

952 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Hurley residents hold

723 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+3%

Jobs based in Hurley, 2013 → 2023: 922 → 952. 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 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.