Eagle Harbor Coast Guard Station Boathouse · Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Eagle Harbor Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
36% of workers have no commute at all, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. There are 20 jobs in Eagle Harbor Township, and 85 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Eagle Harbor Township itself; outside it, Calumet Township draws the most (19%, 49 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Eagle Harbor Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Eagle Harbor Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where Eagle Harbor Township goes to work
Where Eagle Harbor Township clocks in
19% of workers
14% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Eagle Harbor Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle Harbor Township, 2011 → 2021: 71 → 20. 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 Eagle Harbor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle Harbor Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 36% 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.
Eagle Harbor Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 44% 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.
The towns around Eagle Harbor Township
The biggest share goes to Grant Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eagle Harbor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Harbor Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $111,250 |
| Houghton Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Grant Township | 6% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Sherman Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Copper Harbor | under 3% | — | — | 9 min | — |
| Eagle River | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Houghton Township, Grant Township and Sherman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Copper Harbor and Eagle River: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eagle Harbor Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Eagle Harbor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle Harbor Township?
$111,250 (±$29,415) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle Harbor Township?
7.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle Harbor Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle Harbor Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Calumet Township (19%, 49 mi), Houghton (14%, 57 mi), Hancock (8%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Eagle Harbor Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagle Harbor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle Harbor Township
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.