Trimountain has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers (Michigan 14%). Trimountain has 4 jobs; 83 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Trimountain for work; outside it, Houghton is the main destination (30%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Trimountain: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Trimountain on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 people from Trimountain work
Where Trimountain clocks in
30% of workers
16% of workers
11% 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 Trimountain
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 Trimountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Trimountain
of Trimountain workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Trimountain commutes less than 6 miles
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.
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 Trimountain: questions
What is the median household income in Trimountain?
$44,673 (±$13,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trimountain?
0.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Trimountain work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houghton (30%, 6 mi), Hancock (16%, 6 mi), Adams Township (11%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Trimountain 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 Trimountain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trimountain
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.