Porter Hollow Embankment and Culvert · Photo: Charlie Lemmink · CC BY-SA 3.0Algoma Township has higher household incomes than 89% of U.S. towns
4.0% of residents live below the poverty line, where Michigan as a whole has 13.2%. Jobs and income earn Algoma Township A+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 3% work in Algoma Township itself; outside it, Grand Rapids draws the most (23%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Algoma Township: the figures worth knowing
Algoma Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Algoma Township went from 934 in 2011 to 1,800 in 2021, +93%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Algoma Township
66% of Algoma Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Algoma Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Algoma Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Algoma Township’s own working residents. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Algoma Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Algoma Township is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #20 of 701 in Michigan. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Algoma Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
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, Algoma Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
In Algoma Township, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,800 jobs are based in Algoma Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Algoma Township, 2011 → 2021: 934 → 1,800. 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 Algoma Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Algoma Township by day and by night
On a workday 5,104 residents head out to work, 162 work right here, and 1,638 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,000 people are in Algoma Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Algoma Township work
Where Algoma Township clocks in
5% 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.
Time on the road from Algoma Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Algoma Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,375 commuters (the 14% 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 Algoma Township, by distance
About 15% 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.
Few in Algoma Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Algoma Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #550 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Algoma Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,228 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 20% 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). 1.7% of Algoma Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Algoma Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Algoma Township is 145th among 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Kings Park West VA | 13,442 | $170K | 6.2% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 144 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 145 | Algoma Township MI | 12,454 | $123K | 4.0% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| 146 | Westwood NJ | 11,365 | $166K | 7.1% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 147 | Brandon SD | 11,306 | $111K | 1.4% | 1.2% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Algoma Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 13% of Algoma Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Rockford (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Algoma Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algoma Township | – | A+ | C− | 28 min | $123,078 |
| Rockford | 5% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $107,121 |
| Sparta Township | 3% | C+ | B− | 23 min | $76,346 |
| Solon Township | under 2% | A− | D | 28 min | $86,958 |
| Courtland Township | under 2% | A | D | 28 min | $107,321 |
| Plainfield Township | 5% | A− | C+ | 20 min | $94,218 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Algoma 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 Algoma Township: questions
What is the median household income in Algoma Township?
$123,078 (±$14,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Algoma Township?
4.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Algoma Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Algoma Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (23%, 14 mi), Walker (6%, 14 mi), Kentwood (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Algoma Township walkable?
Algoma Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Algoma Township without a car?
0% 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 Algoma Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Algoma 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.