Photo: Notorious4life · Public domainMost of Almont commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Almont has 521 jobs; 1,338 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Almont B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 6% stay in Almont for work; outside it, Almont Township is the main destination (9%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Almont
Almont workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Almont makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Almont are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Almont residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. 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.
How Almont earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Almont is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #392 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Almont’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
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, Almont could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
How long Almont spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Almont workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,145 commuters (the 20% 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.
A place that makes things: 36% of Almont’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Almont, 2011 → 2021: 445 → 521. 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 Almont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Almont for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,259 residents head out to work, 79 work right here, and 442 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Almont on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 Almont’s working residents head each day
Where Almont clocks in
9% 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.
Almont’s commute, mile by mile
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.
The commute in Almont is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Almont is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #348 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,438 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). 4.4% of Almont households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Almont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Almont places 2,150th of 4,703 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 133 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 222 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,148 | Honey Creek Township IN | 2,303 | $85K | 5.2% | 7.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,149 | Blennerhassett WV | 3,282 | $88K | 9.3% | 4.7% | 1% | B− |
| 2,150 | Almont MI | 2,848 | $84K | 8.4% | 6.9% | 6% | B− |
| 2,151 | Voluntown CT | 2,653 | $102K | 7.3% | 5.7% | 10% | B− |
| 2,152 | Holland NY | 3,254 | $66K | 6.6% | 4.2% | 11% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Almont, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 Almont: questions
What is the median household income in Almont?
$83,537 (±$2,753) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Almont?
8.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Almont?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Almont work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Almont Township (9%, 1 mi), Bruce Township (5%, 5 mi), Detroit (5%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Almont walkable?
Almont is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Almont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Almont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Almont
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.