Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0Caledonia Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any stay in Caledonia Township for work; outside it, Alpena is the main destination (18%, 19 miles). There are 44 jobs in Caledonia Township, against 249 working residents. Caledonia Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Caledonia Township and work: the main findings
Caledonia Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Caledonia Township is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Caledonia Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 249 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Caledonia Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Caledonia Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Caledonia Township’s grade up (9.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Caledonia 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, Caledonia Township could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Each way, about 41 minutes from Caledonia Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caledonia Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 325 commuters (the 7% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Caledonia Township
On a workday 247 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Caledonia Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
How many miles Caledonia Township commutes
About 41% 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.
Where people from Caledonia Township work
Where Caledonia Township clocks in
18% of workers
7% 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.
Caledonia Township works in goods: 43% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caledonia Township, 2011 → 2021: 75 → 44. 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 Caledonia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Caledonia Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Caledonia Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Caledonia Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 349 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). 1.3% of Caledonia Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Caledonia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Caledonia Township ranks 1,922nd 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+ |
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| 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,920 | Monongah WV | 1,055 | $51K | 12.1% | 6.1% | 1% | C− |
| 1,921 | Ricks Township IL | 1,152 | $79K | 14.7% | 1.6% | 3% | C− |
| 1,922 | Caledonia Township MI | 1,071 | $72K | 9.2% | 3.0% | 1% | C− |
| 1,923 | Saxapahaw NC | 1,301 | $59K | 15.1% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| 1,924 | Edson WI | 1,121 | $81K | 19.9% | 2.1% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Caledonia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Caledonia Township
The biggest share goes to Alcona Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Caledonia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Township | – | C− | D | 41 min | $71,513 |
| Alcona Township | 5% | — | — | 47 min | — |
| Mitchell Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Ossineke Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 30 min | $67,885 |
| Lost Lake Woods | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Sanborn Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 31 min | $61,827 |
Same-state neighbors only. Alcona Township: not graded. Mitchell Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lost Lake Woods: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Caledonia 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 Caledonia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Caledonia Township?
$71,513 (±$4,244) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caledonia Township?
9.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caledonia Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caledonia Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alpena (18%, 19 mi), Gustin Township (8%, 14 mi), Alpena Township (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Caledonia Township walkable?
Caledonia Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Caledonia Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caledonia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caledonia 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.