Photo: Paul R. Burley · CC BY-SA 4.0Allouez Township’s household incomes are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D−: better than 3% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). Only 7% work in Allouez Township; the top destination outside it is Calumet Township (23%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Allouez Township
Allouez Township and Calumet Township trade workers both ways
Calumet Township is the top workplace for Allouez Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Allouez Township come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Allouez Township is a place people come home to
There are 123 jobs based in Allouez Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Allouez Township averages 22 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (15 to 18 minutes). Next door ↓
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; with 432 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Allouez Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Allouez Township is better than 3% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Allouez Township’s grade up (17.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Allouez Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
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 and poverty, Allouez Township could be anywhere from D− to D.
23% of working residents work in Calumet Township
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Allouez Township clocks in
23% of workers
13% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Allouez Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 403 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Allouez Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.28 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.
Allouez Township makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods
123 jobs are based in Allouez Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allouez Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allouez Township, 2011 → 2021: 73 → 123. 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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Allouez Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 490 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Allouez Township commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Allouez Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Allouez Township is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 549 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). 1.7% of Allouez Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Allouez Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Allouez Township compares with U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Allouez Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 164 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 204 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,468 | Phillips WI | 1,492 | $47K | 19.2% | 4.8% | 39% | D− |
| 5,469 | Hanover Township IL | 1,150 | $44K | 19.3% | 8.1% | 3% | D− |
| 5,470 | Allouez Township MI | 1,525 | $45K | 17.7% | 1.9% | 7% | D− |
| 5,471 | Brunswick Township MO | 1,256 | $46K | 18.9% | 7.1% | 14% | D− |
| 5,472 | Richland Township MO | 1,124 | $43K | 28.7% | 1.3% | 3% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
23% of Allouez Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Calumet Township (23%). Darker towns draw more of Allouez Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Allouez Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allouez Township | – | D− | B+ | 22 min | $44,531 |
| Calumet Township | 23% | D | A− | 15 min | $52,836 |
| Houghton Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Eagle River | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Sherman Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Houghton Township and Sherman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Eagle River: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Allouez Township: questions
What is the median household income in Allouez Township?
$44,531 (±$5,438) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Allouez Township?
17.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Allouez Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Allouez Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Calumet Township (23%, 9 mi), Houghton (13%, 20 mi), Hancock (11%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Allouez Township walkable?
Allouez Township is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Allouez Township 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 Allouez Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Allouez 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.