Cannon Township’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Cannon Township grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. The poverty rate is 2.1%; Michigan has 13.2%. Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Cannon Township
Cannon Township is a place people come home to
There are 1,328 jobs based in Cannon Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cannon Township has about 9,800 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Cannon Township
24% of Cannon Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Cannon Township
66% of Cannon Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Cannon Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Cannon Township pay little
28% of the jobs based in Cannon Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
Where Cannon Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cannon Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #102 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Cannon Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
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, poverty and unemployment, Cannon Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Cannon Township by day and by night
On a workday 5,914 residents head out to work, 237 work right here, and 1,091 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,800 people are in Cannon Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.22 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.
Time on the road from Cannon Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cannon Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,595 commuters (the 24% 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.
Inside Cannon Township’s 1,328 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cannon Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,291 → 1,328. 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 Cannon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
25% of working residents work in Grand Rapids
Where Cannon Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
Cannon Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
Getting around Cannon Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cannon Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #587 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Cannon 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 7,381 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of Cannon Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cannon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cannon Township is 566th among 2,362 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 564 | Mahomet IL | 10,516 | $119K | 3.8% | 3.5% | 11% | A |
| 565 | Littleton MA | 10,404 | $150K | 5.6% | 4.8% | 7% | A |
| 566 | Cannon Township MI | 14,615 | $132K | 2.1% | 5.0% | 4% | A |
| 567 | Branchburg Township NJ | 15,511 | $169K | 2.8% | 6.5% | 7% | A |
| 568 | White Marsh MD | 10,932 | $117K | 9.6% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Cannon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
14% of Cannon Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Plainfield Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cannon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Township | – | A | D | 26 min | $131,956 |
| Plainfield Township | 6% | A− | C+ | 20 min | $94,218 |
| Ada Township | 3% | A+ | B− | 20 min | $168,468 |
| Forest Hills | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Grattan Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 33 min | $111,354 |
| Courtland Township | under 3% | A | D | 28 min | $107,321 |
| Rockford | 5% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $107,121 |
| Northview | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Forest Hills and Northview: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cannon 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 Cannon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cannon Township?
$131,956 (±$13,023) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cannon Township?
2.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cannon Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cannon Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (25%, 12 mi), Plainfield Township (6%, 6 mi), Kentwood (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Cannon Township walkable?
Cannon Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cannon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cannon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cannon 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.