Mohawk has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Mohawk has 63 jobs, against 124 working residents. Only 6% work in Mohawk; the top destination outside it is Calumet Township (23%, 6 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mohawk by day and by night
On a workday 117 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Mohawk on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 the trip to work from Mohawk ends
Where Mohawk clocks in
23% of workers
14% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Mohawk: what the 63 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mohawk, 2011 → 2021: 11 → 63. 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 Mohawk’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Mohawk: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mohawk workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Mohawk works
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 Mohawk compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mohawk workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohawk | – | — | — | 31 min | $28,224 |
| Fulton | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fulton: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mohawk’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 Mohawk: questions
What is the median household income in Mohawk?
$28,224 (±$19,536) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mohawk?
54.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mohawk?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mohawk work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Calumet Township (23%, 6 mi), Houghton (14%, 17 mi), Hancock (10%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Mohawk 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 Mohawk, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mohawk
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.