A job hub: Copemish has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 156 people come in to work
At home: 6% of workers have no commute at all (Michigan 14%). Employers in Copemish report 156 jobs for 71 working residents. Hardly any work in Copemish; the top destination outside it is Traverse City (10%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Copemish
On a workday 71 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 280 people are in Copemish on a workday afternoon, 44% more 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.
Where Copemish’s workforce comes from
Where Copemish clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Copemish makes things: 60% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Copemish, 2011 → 2021: 17 → 156. 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 Copemish’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 38 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Copemish workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Copemish
About 20% 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 Copemish: questions
What is the median household income in Copemish?
$46,250 (±$32,460) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Copemish?
10.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Copemish?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Copemish work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (10%, 25 mi), Benzonia Township (8%, 15 mi), Garfield Township (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Copemish 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 Copemish, from the people who make the trip.
More of Copemish
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.