Photo: Gpwitteveen · CC BY-SA 3.0Brimley has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. 105 jobs are based in Brimley; 204 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Brimley itself; outside it, Sault Ste. Marie draws the most (36%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brimley at work: what stands out
Brimley and Sault Ste. Marie trade workers both ways
Sault Ste. Marie is the top workplace for Brimley residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Brimley come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Brimley workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Brimley are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 204 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Brimley ends
Where Brimley clocks in
36% of workers
22% of workersLines 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.
The daily trip from Brimley: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brimley workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 144 commuters (the 0% 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.
Who commutes out of Brimley, and who commutes in
On a workday 200 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Brimley on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Most jobs in Brimley are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brimley, 2011 → 2021: 36 → 105. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brimley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brimley
About 21% 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.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Brimley: questions
What is the median household income in Brimley?
$65,313 (±$20,795) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brimley?
10.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brimley?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brimley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sault Ste. Marie (36%, 11 mi), Bay Mills Township (22%, 10 mi), Kinross Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Brimley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brimley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brimley
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.