Work & commute · Pembine

Work & commute in Pembine, WI

Most working residents leave Pembine for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Iron Mountain (20%), Niagara (9%) and Kingsford (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 347 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 325 Pembine residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pembine.

325live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pembine goes to work

Iron Mountain, MI14.5 mi away

20%69

Niagara10.5 mi away

9%31

Kingsford, MI14.2 mi away

7%23

Pembine (in town)right here

6%22

Breitung, MI16.7 mi away

4%14

Marinette40.6 mi away

3%10

Wausaukee17.7 mi away

2%8

Milwaukee177.7 mi away

2%7

Norway, MI11.4 mi away

2%6

Goodman18.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%151

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

How far

How far Pembine commutes

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

12%

48%

11%

28%

12%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pembine is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pembine are

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

Jobs based in Pembine

290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Pembine residents hold

347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−4%

Jobs based in Pembine, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 290. 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.