Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Baraga Township earn less than those in 85% of U.S. towns
2% of workers work from home (Michigan 14%). Below the poverty line: 16.5% of residents (Michigan 13.2%). For jobs and income Baraga Township is better than 14% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Baraga Township
Baraga Township is where the jobs are
Baraga Township has 1,663 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Baraga Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Baraga Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 968 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Baraga Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Baraga Township’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Baraga Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Who works in Baraga Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 542 residents head out to work, 426 work right here, and 1,237 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Baraga Township on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
A commute of about 13 minutes in Baraga Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baraga Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,116 commuters (the 3% 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 Baraga Township’s workers come from
Where Baraga Township clocks in
13% of workers
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.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Baraga Township
1,663 jobs are based in Baraga Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baraga Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,895 → 1,663. 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 Baraga Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Baraga Township works
About 26% 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.
Few in Baraga Township walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 1,145 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). 8.2% of Baraga Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Baraga Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Baraga Township places 3,832nd of 4,402 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Dexter MI | 4,461 | $107K | 0.8% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,830 | Manistique MI | 2,868 | $38K | 18.4% | 3.3% | 42% | D |
| 3,831 | Fillmore UT | 2,874 | $66K | 10.5% | 9.7% | 45% | D |
| 3,832 | Baraga Township MI | 3,382 | $52K | 16.5% | 4.3% | 44% | D |
| 3,833 | Franklinville NY | 2,715 | $64K | 16.2% | 5.9% | 12% | D |
| 3,834 | Southern Shops SC | 3,797 | $38K | 43.3% | 8.0% | 6% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Baraga Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Baraga Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to L'Anse Township (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baraga Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baraga Township | – | D | C | 13 min | $52,254 |
| L'Anse Township | 13% | D | C+ | 20 min | $54,898 |
| Laird Township | under 1% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Portage Township | 2% | C+ | B+ | 15 min | $66,652 |
| Covington Township | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Chassell Township | under 1% | C | C | 20 min | $75,729 |
Same-state neighbors only. Laird Township and Covington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Baraga 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 Baraga Township: questions
What is the median household income in Baraga Township?
$52,254 (±$9,707) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baraga Township?
16.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baraga Township?
13 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baraga Township work?
44% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are L'Anse Township (13%, 13 mi), Houghton (4%, 25 mi), Hancock (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Baraga Township walkable?
Baraga Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baraga Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baraga Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baraga 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.