Most of Caseville Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
312 jobs are based in Caseville Township for 580 working residents. Caseville Township grades D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Caseville Township is behind 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Caseville Township: the figures worth knowing
Many jobs in Caseville Township pay little
37% of the jobs based in Caseville Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 45% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Caseville Township
49% of Caseville Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 22% of the jobs based in Caseville Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 580 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Caseville Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Caseville Township is better than 8% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Caseville Township’s grade up (15.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Caseville 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, Caseville Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The kinds of work in Caseville Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caseville Township, 2011 → 2021: 36 → 312. 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 Caseville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Caseville Township works
About 34% 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.
Who leaves Caseville Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 540 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 272 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Caseville 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.
19% of working residents work in Winsor Township
Where Caseville 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Caseville Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caseville Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 542 commuters (the 12% 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.
For most of Caseville Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Caseville Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Caseville 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 615 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). 1.9% of Caseville Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Caseville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Caseville Township comes 5,296th 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 105 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 174 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 5,294 | Jefferson Township KS | 2,117 | $42K | 19.7% | 5.4% | 4% | D |
| 5,295 | Baileyville ME | 1,314 | $60K | 15.8% | 10.8% | 30% | D |
| 5,296 | Caseville Township MI | 1,636 | $59K | 15.6% | 2.5% | 7% | D |
| 5,297 | Sheridan Township MI | 1,384 | $50K | 13.5% | 2.0% | 3% | D |
| 5,298 | Kensett AR | 1,425 | $31K | 28.0% | 5.3% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Caseville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Caseville Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Caseville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caseville Township | – | D | C+ | 24 min | $58,594 |
| Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| McKinley Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Fairhaven Township | under 2% | D | C | 27 min | $60,500 |
| Chandler Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Sims Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Township, McKinley Township, Chandler Township and Sims Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Caseville 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 Caseville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Caseville Township?
$58,594 (±$7,379) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caseville Township?
15.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caseville Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caseville Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winsor Township (19%, 8 mi), Caseville (7%, 5 mi), Bad Axe (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Caseville Township walkable?
Caseville Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Caseville Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caseville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caseville 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.