Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Arcadia Township, MI
Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers have no commute at all; Michigan has 14%. Only 7% work in Arcadia Township itself; outside it, Manistee Township draws the most (11%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Arcadia Township apart
What work there is in Arcadia Township: 314 jobs
314 jobs are based in Arcadia Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arcadia Township, 2011 → 2021: 107 → 314. 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 Arcadia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Arcadia Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 203 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 299 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Arcadia Township on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 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 Arcadia Township goes to work
Where Arcadia Township clocks in
11% 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.
Time on the road from Arcadia Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arcadia Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 190 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Arcadia Township
About 23% 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.
Arcadia Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arcadia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $81,818 |
| Pleasanton Township | under 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Onekama Township | 4% | C+ | B+ | 25 min | $70,380 |
| Blaine Township | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasanton Township and Blaine Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Onekama Township. Darker towns draw more of Arcadia 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 Arcadia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Arcadia Township?
$81,818 (±$8,366) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arcadia Township?
5.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arcadia Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arcadia Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manistee Township (11%, 13 mi), Bear Lake Township (10%, 7 mi), Frankfort (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Arcadia Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arcadia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arcadia 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.