Photo: Phoenix-Five · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Acme Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 761 jobs in Acme Township; 1,738 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Acme Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (B−). Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Acme Township at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Acme Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Acme Township fell from 1,241 in 2011 to 761 in 2021, −39%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
One in three of Acme Township works in Traverse City
616 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Traverse City, 7.4 miles away. That’s 12 times as many as work in Acme Township itself. The commute map ↓
Acme Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Acme Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Acme Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. 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.
Why Acme Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Acme Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Acme Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
In Acme Township, 39% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Acme Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,241 → 761. 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 Acme Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
35% of working residents work in Traverse City
Where Acme Township clocks in
35% 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.
How a workday changes Acme Township
On a workday 1,678 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 701 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Acme Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Acme Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Acme Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,979 commuters (the 13% 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.
The commute from Acme Township, by distance
About 21% 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.
Most of Acme Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,279 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 40% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Acme Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Acme Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Acme Township next to U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100: 439th of 3,862 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 50 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 114 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 118 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
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| 437 | Stacy MN | 4,367 | $98K | 5.2% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| 438 | Paxton MA | 5,046 | $134K | 1.4% | 4.0% | 4% | A |
| 439 | Acme Township MI | 4,531 | $110K | 2.5% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| 440 | Deerfield NY | 3,889 | $101K | 6.4% | 0.5% | 4% | A |
| 441 | Mineral Springs NC | 3,514 | $92K | 4.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
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| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Acme Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Acme Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to East Bay Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Acme Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Township | – | A | B− | 22 min | $110,281 |
| Whitewater Township | 2% | B+ | D | 25 min | $93,958 |
| East Bay Township | 4% | B | B− | 20 min | $85,291 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Acme Township’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 Acme Township: questions
What is the median household income in Acme Township?
$110,281 (±$12,481) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Acme Township?
2.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Acme Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Acme Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (35%, 7 mi), Garfield Township (13%, 10 mi), East Bay Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Acme Township walkable?
Acme Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Acme Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Acme Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Acme Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.