Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Quinnesec has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
At home: 7% of workers have no commute at all (Michigan 14%). 75 jobs are based in Quinnesec for 447 working residents. Only 2% work in Quinnesec; the top destination outside it is Iron Mountain (33%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Quinnesec in brief
Quinnesec is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in Quinnesec, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Quinnesec has about 520 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Quinnesec residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
One in three of Quinnesec works in Iron Mountain
147 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Iron Mountain, 3.4 miles away. That’s 17 times as many as work in Quinnesec itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 447 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Quinnesec by day
On a workday 437 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Quinnesec on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Half of Quinnesec commutes less than 4 miles
About 20% 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.
Where the trip to work from Quinnesec ends
Where Quinnesec clocks in
33% of workers
13% 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 Quinnesec: what the 75 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quinnesec, 2011 → 2021: 84 → 75. 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 Quinnesec’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Quinnesec takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quinnesec workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 563 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.
Around Quinnesec: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Niagara (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Quinnesec workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnesec | – | — | — | 17 min | $38,713 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Quinnesec’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 Quinnesec: questions
What is the median household income in Quinnesec?
$38,713 (±$26,554) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quinnesec?
27.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quinnesec?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quinnesec work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Iron Mountain (33%, 3 mi), Norway (13%, 4 mi), Breitung Township (10%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Quinnesec without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Quinnesec, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quinnesec
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.