Cohodas, Sam, Lodge · Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Michigamme Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Michigamme Township has 45 jobs for 85 working residents. Only 2% work in Michigamme Township; the top destination outside it is Ishpeming (25%, 19 miles). 7% of workers work from home, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Michigamme Township by day
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Michigamme Township on a workday afternoon, 12% 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 people from Michigamme Township work
Where Michigamme Township clocks in
25% of workers
16% 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.
Michigamme Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Michigamme Township, 2011 → 2021: 20 → 45. 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 Michigamme Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Michigamme Township: about 41 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Michigamme Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far it is to work from Michigamme Township
About 22% 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.
How Michigamme Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Republic Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Michigamme Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigamme Township | – | — | — | 41 min | $57,321 |
| Champion Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Powell Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| L'Anse Township | under 3% | D | C+ | 20 min | $54,898 |
| Spurr Township | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Republic Township | 6% | D | B− | 35 min | $49,663 |
| Arvon Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Champion Township, Powell Township, Spurr Township and Arvon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Michigamme 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 Michigamme Township: questions
What is the median household income in Michigamme Township?
$57,321 (±$7,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Michigamme Township?
18.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Michigamme Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Michigamme Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ishpeming (25%, 19 mi), Marquette (16%, 29 mi), Republic Township (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Michigamme Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Michigamme Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Michigamme 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.