Most of Three Lakes commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Three Lakes has 1 jobs; 49 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Three Lakes itself; outside it, Baraga Township draws the most (37%, 24 miles). The average commute takes 44 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
Who leaves Three Lakes for work, and who comes in
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Three Lakes on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Three Lakes’ working residents head each day
Where Three Lakes clocks in
37% of workers
12% 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.
Most jobs in Three Lakes are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Three Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 44 minutes in Three Lakes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Three Lakes workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 commuters (the 17% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Three Lakes
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 Three Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Three Lakes?
$103,542 (±$25,951) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Three Lakes?
5.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Three Lakes?
44 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Three Lakes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baraga Township (37%, 24 mi), L'Anse Township (12%, 14 mi), Houghton (10%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Three Lakes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Three Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Three Lakes
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.