Pickle Barrel House · Photo: Doug Coldwell · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Burt Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers, where Michigan as a whole has 14%. 71 jobs are based in Burt Township, and 137 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Burt Township itself; outside it, Munising draws the most (42%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Burt Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 132 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Burt Township on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Where Burt Township’s working residents head each day
Where Burt Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Services make up most of the work in Burt Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burt Township, 2011 → 2021: 57 → 71. 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 Burt Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Burt Township
of Burt Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 29% 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.
The distance from Burt Township to work
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.
Work next door: 15% of Burt Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burt Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burt Township | – | — | — | — | $47,750 |
| McMillan Township | under 1% | D− | A− | 15 min | $44,550 |
| Seney Township | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Munising Township | 15% | D | C− | 22 min | $62,227 |
| Hiawatha Township | under 1% | B− | B− | 19 min | $79,196 |
Same-state neighbors only. Seney Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Munising Township. Darker towns draw more of Burt 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 Burt Township: questions
What is the median household income in Burt Township?
$47,750 (±$8,170) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burt Township?
0.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Burt Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Munising (42%, 26 mi), Munising Township (15%, 23 mi), Au Train Township (7%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Burt 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 Burt Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burt 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.