Bay Furnace · Photo: Shonebrooks · CC BY 2.5Au Train Township has lower household incomes than 68% of U.S. towns
Au Train Township grades D for jobs and income and C for walkability. The poverty rate is 14.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan. Only 8% stay in Au Train Township for work; outside it, Munising is the main destination (22%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Au Train Township: the figures worth knowing
Jobs & income in Au Train Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Au Train Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Au Train Township’s grade up ($64,015, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (10.3%) is left out: Au Train 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, Au Train Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Who works in Au Train Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 266 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Au Train Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Au Train Township’s working residents head each day
Where Au Train Township clocks in
15% 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.
The kinds of work in Au Train Township
179 jobs are based in Au Train Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Au Train Township, 2011 → 2021: 52 → 179. 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 Au Train Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Au Train Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Au Train Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 304 commuters (the 12% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Au Train Township
About 28% 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.
Most trips from Au Train Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Au Train Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of 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 345 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). 3.9% of Au Train Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Au Train Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Au Train Township ranks 2,478th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,476 | Colbert OK | 1,118 | $46K | 24.8% | 6.9% | 4% | D |
| 2,477 | Troy TN | 1,399 | $52K | 13.6% | 2.2% | 4% | D |
| 2,478 | Au Train Township MI | 1,007 | $64K | 14.4% | 10.3% | 8% | D |
| 2,479 | Smyrna NY | 1,216 | $59K | 14.3% | 4.1% | 2% | D |
| 2,480 | Monroe Township OH | 1,045 | $58K | 15.8% | 6.6% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Au Train Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
37% of Au Train Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Au Train Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Au Train Township | – | D | C | 26 min | $64,015 |
| Munising Township | 7% | D | C− | 22 min | $62,227 |
| Grand Island Township | 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Mathias Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Rock River Township | 5% | C− | C− | 26 min | $63,235 |
| Onota Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Limestone Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Munising | 22% | C | A | 17 min | $59,808 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grand Island Township, Mathias Township, Onota Township and Limestone Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Munising. Darker towns draw more of Au Train 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 Au Train Township: questions
What is the median household income in Au Train Township?
$64,015 (±$10,437) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Au Train Township?
14.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Au Train Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Au Train Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Munising (22%, 9 mi), Marquette (15%, 33 mi), Munising Township (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Au Train Township walkable?
Au Train Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Au Train Township 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 Au Train Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Au Train 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.