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Jobs & commute in Naubinway

Where Naubinway earns its living

For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Michigan has 14%. About one in ten work in Naubinway itself; outside it, McMillan Township draws the most (16%, 29 miles). The average commute takes 16 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Naubinway

On a workday 28 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.

28live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
34work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night100
Workday110
100live here− 28head out to work+ 34come in to work= 110on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.19jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Naubinway commutes to

St. Ignace: 2 residents work here (6%)Houghton: 1 residents work here (3%)Mackinac IslandMenomineeTraverse City: 1 residents work here (3%)Norway: 1 residents work here (3%)Wixom: 1 residents work here (3%)Marquette: 2 residents work here (6%)EscanabaSault Ste. MarieHayes TownshipMcMillan Township: 5 residents work here (16%)Pentland Township: 3 residents work here (10%)Newton TownshipGarfield Township: 4 residents work here (13%)Lakefield Township: 3 residents work here (10%)Portage TownshipNaubinwayMcMillan TownshipGarfield TownshipPentland TownshipLakefield TownshipSt. IgnaceMarquetteNaubinway
1
McMillan Township29.3 mi away
16%5
213%4
3
Pentland Township14.1 mi away
10%3
4
Lakefield Township18.8 mi away
10%3
5
St. Ignace37.3 mi away
6%2
6
Marquette98.1 mi away
6%2
7
Houghton163.9 mi away
3%1
8
Traverse City92.6 mi away
3%1
9
Norway120 mi away
3%1
10
Wixom264.1 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%8
The top trips

Where Naubinway clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

What work there is in Naubinway: 37 jobs

37 jobs are based in Naubinway.

Jobs based in NaubinwayJobs Naubinway residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%16%
Trade, transport & utilities22%6%
Services: health, schools, offices78%77%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less38%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%45%
Over $3,333 a month19%32%

Who does it

29 or younger27%19%
30 to 5443%65%
55 and older30%16%
+3600%

Jobs based in Naubinway, 2011 → 2021: 1 → 37. 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 Naubinway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 16 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan

A year of commuting
126 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Naubinway16 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Naubinway workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Naubinway gets to work
82%Drive alone
18%Carpool

Share of the 49 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.

How far

How far Naubinway goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMcMillan Township: 16% · 29.3 miGarfield Township: 13% · 6.8 miPentland Township: 10% · 14.1 miLakefield Township: 10% · 18.8 miSt. Ignace: 6% · 37.3 miMarquette: 6% · 98.1 miHoughton: 3% · 163.9 miTraverse City: 3% · 92.6 miNorway: 3% · 120 miWixom: 3% · 264.1 miMcMillan Township 16%Garfield Township 13%Pentland Township 10%St. Ignace 6%Naubinway
NaubinwayTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi4 residents
35%10–24 mi11 residents
13%25–50 mi4 residents
39%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 39% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Naubinway: questions

What is the median household income in Naubinway?

$48,875 (±$22,015) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Naubinway?

21.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Naubinway?

16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Naubinway work?

10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McMillan Township (16%, 29 mi), Garfield Township (13%, 7 mi), Pentland Township (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).

Can you get around Naubinway 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 Naubinway, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Naubinway

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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.