Photo: Yooperann · CC BY-SA 3.0Arvon Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
A typical one-way commute lasts 37 minutes (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). There are 25 jobs in Arvon Township for 195 working residents. Home is the office for 18% of workers (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Arvon Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 195 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Arvon Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
35% of working residents work in L'Anse Township
Where Arvon Township clocks in
35% of workers
28% 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.
What Arvon Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arvon Township, 2011 → 2021: 18 → 25. 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 Arvon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 37 minutes to work from Arvon Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arvon Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95 commuters (the 18% 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.
Arvon Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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.
35% of Arvon Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arvon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvon Township | – | — | — | 37 min | $62,308 |
| L'Anse Township | 35% | D | C+ | 20 min | $54,898 |
| Powell Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Michigamme Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Powell Township and Michigamme Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to L'Anse Township. Darker towns draw more of Arvon 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 Arvon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Arvon Township?
$62,308 (±$14,725) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arvon Township?
8.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arvon Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arvon Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are L'Anse Township (35%, 11 mi), Baraga Township (28%, 21 mi), Houghton (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Arvon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arvon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arvon 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.