Most of Lost Lake Woods commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For 43% of workers, the job is at home; Michigan has 14%. Employers in Lost Lake Woods report 46 jobs, and 93 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Lost Lake Woods itself; outside it, Alpena draws the most (17%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Lost Lake Woods for work, and who comes in
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Lost Lake Woods on a workday afternoon, 10% 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 Lost Lake Woods’ working residents head each day
Where Lost Lake Woods clocks in
17% of workers
14% 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.
Lost Lake Woods is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lost Lake Woods, 2011 → 2021: 59 → 46. 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 Lost Lake Woods’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Lost Lake Woods: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lost Lake Woods workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 72 commuters (the 43% 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.
The commute from Lost Lake Woods, by distance
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.
Lost Lake Woods and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lost Lake Woods workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Lake Woods | – | — | — | 34 min | $71,806 |
| Caledonia Township | under 2% | C− | D | 41 min | $71,513 |
| Hawes Township | under 2% | C− | C | 27 min | $67,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lost Lake Woods’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 Lost Lake Woods: questions
What is the median household income in Lost Lake Woods?
$71,806 (±$13,571) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lost Lake Woods?
5.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lost Lake Woods?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 43% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lost Lake Woods work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alpena (17%, 19 mi), Alpena Township (14%, 20 mi), Gustin Township (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Lost Lake Woods without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lost Lake Woods, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lost Lake Woods
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.