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Jobs & commute in Bay de Noc Township

Jobs and earnings in Bay de Noc Township, and the trip to work

Bay de Noc Township has 90 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Hardly any work in Bay de Noc Township; the top destination outside it is Escanaba (28%, 8 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 42 minutes, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Bay de Noc Township

On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

90live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night300
Workday210
300live here− 90head out to work+ 0come in to work= 210on a workday

About 210 people are in Bay de Noc Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Bay de Noc Township goes to work

Manistique: 2 residents work here (2%)Gladstone: 7 residents work here (8%)Munising: 2 residents work here (2%)Marquette: 4 residents work here (4%)Escanaba: 25 residents work here (28%)Sault Ste. Marie: 2 residents work here (2%)Ensign TownshipWells Township: 5 residents work here (6%)Masonville Township: 7 residents work here (8%)Harris Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Escanaba Township: 7 residents work here (8%)Bay de Noc TownshipEscanabaGladstoneMasonville TownshipEscanaba TownshipWells TownshipMarquetteBay de Noc Township
1
Escanaba8.4 mi away
28%25
2
Gladstone7.8 mi away
8%7
38%7
4
Escanaba Township13.4 mi away
8%7
5
Wells Township12.6 mi away
6%5
6
Marquette58.6 mi away
4%4
7
Harris Township22.9 mi away
3%3
8
Manistique34.5 mi away
2%2
9
Munising47.8 mi away
2%2
10
Sault Ste. Marie131.2 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%26
The top trips

Where Bay de Noc Township clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Time on the road

About 42 minutes each way for Bay de Noc Township’s commuters

A year of commuting
319 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bay de Noc Township42 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
19%

of Bay de Noc Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Bay de Noc Township gets to work
88%Drive alone
6%Carpool
6%Other

Share of the 51 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

How many miles Bay de Noc Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEscanaba: 28% · 8.4 miGladstone: 8% · 7.8 miMasonville Township: 8% · 16.1 miEscanaba Township: 8% · 13.4 miWells Township: 6% · 12.6 miMarquette: 4% · 58.6 miHarris Township: 3% · 22.9 miManistique: 2% · 34.5 miMunising: 2% · 47.8 miSault Ste. Marie: 2% · 131.2 miEscanaba 28%Gladstone 8%Masonville Township 8%Escanaba Township 8%Wells Township 6%Bay de Noc Township
Bay de Noc TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
48%Under 10 mi43 residents
19%10–24 mi17 residents
9%25–50 mi8 residents
24%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Next door to Bay de Noc Township

Ensign Township: few work hereEnsign TownshipBay de Noc Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownBay de Noc Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Bay de Noc Township–——42 min$63,750
Ensign Townshipunder 3%——27 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Ensign Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Bay de Noc Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bay de Noc Township: questions

What is the median household income in Bay de Noc Township?

$63,750 (±$13,320) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bay de Noc Township?

10.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bay de Noc Township?

42 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bay de Noc Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Escanaba (28%, 8 mi), Gladstone (8%, 8 mi), Masonville Township (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).

Can you get around Bay de Noc Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bay de Noc Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bay de Noc Township

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.