With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Antrim Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, against 14% across Michigan. There are 86 jobs in Antrim Township, against 895 working residents. Jobs and income earn Antrim Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Antrim Township: the figures worth knowing
Antrim Township is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Antrim Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Antrim Township has about 1,300 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Antrim Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 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; with 895 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Antrim Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Antrim Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Antrim Township’s grade.
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Antrim 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, Antrim Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Antrim Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 884 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Antrim Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Commuting from Antrim Township: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Antrim Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 742 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where Antrim Township goes to work
Where Antrim Township clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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.
Making and building: 65% of jobs based in Antrim Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Antrim Township, 2011 → 2021: 278 → 86. 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 Antrim Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Antrim Township to work
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Antrim Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Antrim Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Antrim 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 787 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). 0.6% of Antrim Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Antrim Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Antrim Township is 2,492nd of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 94 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 213 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,490 | New Athens Township IL | 2,396 | $52K | 9.2% | 3.7% | 5% | B− |
| 2,491 | Union Township IN | 1,841 | $83K | 15.0% | 2.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,492 | Antrim Township MI | 2,115 | $71K | 10.0% | 4.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,493 | Redfield SD | 2,114 | $58K | 6.0% | 2.2% | 42% | B− |
| 2,494 | Redgranite WI | 2,113 | $64K | 5.4% | 2.1% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Antrim Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Antrim Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Antrim Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antrim Township | – | B− | D− | 34 min | $70,714 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | B− | C | 31 min | $76,579 |
| Shiawassee Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 34 min | $77,850 |
| Burns Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 40 min | $83,750 |
| Conway Township | under 3% | A | D− | 36 min | $100,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Antrim 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 Antrim Township: questions
What is the median household income in Antrim Township?
$70,714 (±$9,544) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Antrim Township?
10.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Antrim Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Antrim Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flint (4%, 25 mi), Owosso (4%, 12 mi), East Lansing (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Antrim Township walkable?
Antrim Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Antrim Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Antrim Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Antrim 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.