Most of Algonac commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Algonac C−; getting around on foot earns it A. There are 719 jobs in Algonac for 1,695 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Algonac and work: the main findings
Many jobs in Algonac pay little
42% of the jobs based in Algonac pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 45% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Algonac has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Algonac went from 408 in 2011 to 719 in 2021, +76%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Algonac
52% of Algonac residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 24% of the jobs based in Algonac pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Algonac workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Inside Algonac’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Algonac is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #607 of 701 in Michigan. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Algonac’s grade.
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Algonac could be anywhere from D to B−.
Services make up most of the work in Algonac
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Algonac, 2011 → 2021: 408 → 719. 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 Algonac’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Algonac: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Algonac workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,782 commuters (the 5% 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.
Who leaves Algonac for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,608 residents head out to work, 87 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Algonac on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
6% of working residents work in Clay Township
Where Algonac clocks in
Lines 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 distance from Algonac to work
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.
Algonac is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Algonac is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #49 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 7.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,875 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.0% of Algonac households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Algonac’s commuters take a bus or train.
Algonac is 3,271st of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,269 | Chipley FL | 3,804 | $46K | 12.7% | 3.9% | 22% | C− |
| 3,270 | Homedale ID | 3,138 | $62K | 16.8% | 5.6% | 12% | C− |
| 3,271 | Algonac MI | 4,109 | $57K | 14.5% | 5.7% | 5% | C− |
| 3,272 | Eldon MO | 4,785 | $42K | 12.8% | 4.6% | 19% | C− |
| 3,273 | Dunean SC | 3,668 | $49K | 20.5% | 9.7% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | 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 Algonac, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Algonac: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Algonac workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algonac | – | C− | A | 31 min | $56,820 |
| Pearl Beach | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pearl Beach: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Algonac’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 Algonac: questions
What is the median household income in Algonac?
$56,820 (±$8,196) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Algonac?
14.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Algonac?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Algonac work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clay Township (6%, 4 mi), Detroit (6%, 33 mi), Chesterfield Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Algonac walkable?
Algonac is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Algonac without a car?
9% 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 Algonac, from the people who make the trip.
More of Algonac
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.