Houppert Winery Complex · Photo: Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Antwerp Township
About one in seven work in Antwerp Township; the top destination outside it is Kalamazoo (16%, 12 miles). Jobs and income earn Antwerp Township B; getting around on foot earns it C+. Working residents average 22 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Antwerp Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Antwerp Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #299 of 701 in Michigan. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Antwerp Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
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, Antwerp Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
How a workday changes Antwerp Township
On a workday 5,035 residents head out to work, 952 work right here, and 3,916 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
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 Antwerp Township goes to work
Where Antwerp Township clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
Inside Antwerp Township’s 4,868 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Antwerp Township, 2011 → 2021: 4,179 → 4,868. 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 Antwerp Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Antwerp Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Antwerp Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,693 commuters (the 13% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Antwerp Township
About 16% 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.
In Antwerp Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Antwerp Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #294 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Antwerp 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 6,538 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). 4.9% of Antwerp Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Antwerp Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Antwerp Township places 1,138th of 2,227 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 9 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,136 | Lago Vista TX | 10,498 | $113K | 8.6% | 6.6% | 10% | B |
| 1,137 | Mashpee MA | 15,468 | $95K | 5.5% | 4.7% | 19% | B |
| 1,138 | Antwerp Township MI | 13,832 | $80K | 8.9% | 3.6% | 16% | B |
| 1,139 | Southampton Township NJ | 10,563 | $98K | 6.8% | 9.1% | 6% | B |
| 1,140 | Lower Pottsgrove Township PA | 12,892 | $94K | 11.8% | 5.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | 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 Antwerp Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Antwerp Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Paw Paw Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Antwerp Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antwerp Township | – | B | C+ | 22 min | $80,234 |
| Paw Paw Township | 6% | C | B+ | 23 min | $60,828 |
| Almena Township | under 2% | A | D | 26 min | $107,901 |
| Texas Township | 3% | A− | C− | 21 min | $147,128 |
| Paw Paw | under 2% | C− | A | 18 min | $41,587 |
| Porter Township | under 2% | B | C− | 25 min | $81,438 |
| Mattawan | under 2% | C | C+ | 17 min | $61,587 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Antwerp 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 Antwerp Township: questions
What is the median household income in Antwerp Township?
$80,234 (±$8,050) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Antwerp Township?
8.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Antwerp Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Antwerp Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalamazoo (16%, 12 mi), Portage (10%, 11 mi), Paw Paw Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Antwerp Township walkable?
Antwerp Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Antwerp Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Antwerp Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Antwerp 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.