Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Calumet Township (7.5%) is higher than in 86% of U.S. towns
About one in three stay in Calumet Township for work; outside it, Houghton is the main destination (17%, 12 miles). For jobs and income Calumet Township is better than 7% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (A−). Measured by household income, Calumet Township is behind 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Calumet Township and work: the main findings
Commutes from Calumet Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Calumet Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of Calumet Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Calumet Township’s grade explained
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Calumet Township’s grade.
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, Calumet Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
About 15 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calumet Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,496 commuters (the 8% 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.
30% of the jobs in Calumet Township make or build things
1,736 jobs are based in Calumet Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calumet Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,522 → 1,736. 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 Calumet Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,603 residents head out to work, 692 work right here, and 1,044 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
The places Calumet Township commutes to
Where Calumet Township clocks in
17% of workers
13% 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.
Calumet Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Calumet Township
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,714 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). 10.7% of Calumet Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Calumet Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Calumet Township compares with U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 110 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,198 | Nashville GA | 5,038 | $43K | 21.7% | 6.0% | 31% | D |
| 3,199 | Idabel OK | 6,934 | $43K | 25.1% | 5.4% | 32% | D |
| 3,200 | Calumet Township MI | 6,309 | $53K | 16.4% | 7.5% | 30% | D |
| 3,201 | Woodlake CA | 8,073 | $46K | 25.3% | 11.0% | 14% | D |
| 3,202 | Kosciusko MS | 6,722 | $40K | 25.7% | 5.5% | 27% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Calumet Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Calumet Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Osceola Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Calumet Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calumet Township | – | D | A− | 15 min | $52,836 |
| Osceola Township | 2% | D | B | 16 min | $57,120 |
| Schoolcraft Township | 2% | D | B | 18 min | $55,327 |
| Allouez Township | under 2% | D− | B+ | 22 min | $44,531 |
| Hancock Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Laurium | under 2% | D | A− | 14 min | $54,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hancock Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Calumet 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 Calumet Township: questions
What is the median household income in Calumet Township?
$52,836 (±$6,608) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calumet Township?
16.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calumet Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calumet Township work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houghton (17%, 12 mi), Hancock (13%, 11 mi), Portage Township (3%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Calumet Township walkable?
Calumet Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Calumet Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calumet Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calumet 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.