A job hub: Hurontown has 2.4 jobs per working resident, and 201 people come in to work
202 jobs are based in Hurontown, against 85 working residents. For 30% of workers, the job is at home (Michigan 14%). 22.4% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.2% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hurontown nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 84 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 250 people are in Hurontown on a workday afternoon, 87% 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 the people who work in Hurontown live
Where Hurontown clocks in
35% of workers
19% 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.
Hurontown is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hurontown, 2011 → 2021: 118 → 202. 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 Hurontown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hurontown
of Hurontown workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 37 commuters (the 30% 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.
Half of Hurontown commutes less than 2 miles
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.
Work next door: 35% of Hurontown’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Houghton. Darker towns draw more of Hurontown’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 Hurontown: questions
What is the median household income in Hurontown?
$61,354 (±$34,209) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hurontown?
22.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hurontown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houghton (35%, 0 mi), Hancock (19%, 2 mi), Portage Township (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Hurontown 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 Hurontown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hurontown
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.