Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Stephenson
Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, where Michigan has 24 and the U.S. 26. About one in ten work in Stephenson itself; outside it, Marinette draws the most (16%, 23 miles). There are 301 jobs in Stephenson; 284 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Stephenson, in brief
Stephenson’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stephenson is Marinette, WI, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (45) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Stephenson workers cross into Wisconsin
27% of Stephenson workers work outside Michigan, most of them in Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Stephenson pay little
35% of the jobs based in Stephenson pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 284 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Stephenson works
About 18% 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.
The places Stephenson commutes to
Where Stephenson clocks in
16% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Stephenson
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stephenson, 2011 → 2021: 65 → 301. 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 Stephenson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Stephenson
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 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.
Commuting from Stephenson: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stephenson workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 306 commuters (the 9% 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.
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 Stephenson: questions
What is the median household income in Stephenson?
$44,600 (±$7,112) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stephenson?
15.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stephenson?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stephenson work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marinette (16%, 23 mi), Menominee (12%, 20 mi), Harris Township (10%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Stephenson 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 Stephenson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stephenson
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.