Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0For about half of its working residents, Pelkie is a commute to Baraga Township
Hardly any work in Pelkie; the top destination outside it is Baraga Township (48%, 6 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Michigan has 14%. The Census job records count 25 working residents of Pelkie and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pelkie by day and by night
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Pelkie on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Pelkie ends
Where Pelkie clocks in
48% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Working from home in Pelkie
of Pelkie workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 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 many miles Pelkie commutes
About 24% 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.
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 Pelkie: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pelkie?
0.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pelkie work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Pelkie 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 Pelkie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pelkie
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.