Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Chassell Township works elsewhere
Only 6% work in Chassell Township; the top destination outside it is Houghton (22%, 9 miles). Chassell Township has 123 jobs for 631 working residents. Jobs and income earn Chassell Township C; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Chassell Township
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Chassell Township
On income, poverty and job access, Chassell Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Chassell Township’s grade up ($75,729, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Chassell 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 three years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Chassell Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Chassell Township by day and by night
On a workday 596 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Chassell Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Commuting out of Chassell Township: the destinations
Where Chassell Township clocks in
22% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
Chassell Township works in goods: 53% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chassell Township, 2011 → 2021: 153 → 123. 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 Chassell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chassell Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 725 commuters (the 10% 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 Chassell Township to work
About 25% 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.
In Chassell Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chassell Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 803 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). 4.0% of Chassell Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Chassell Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Chassell Township ranks: 3,767th of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 109 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 148 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 223 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,765 | Granville WV | 1,362 | $32K | 45.8% | 11.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,766 | Keeler Township MI | 1,982 | $59K | 11.1% | 5.8% | 9% | C |
| 3,767 | Chassell Township MI | 1,893 | $76K | 10.0% | 1.5% | 6% | C |
| 3,768 | Downe Township NJ | 1,416 | $68K | 12.4% | 6.2% | 5% | C |
| 3,769 | Hartwick NY | 1,940 | $81K | 7.5% | 13.4% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Chassell Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Chassell Township and its neighbors: 14% work next door
The biggest share goes to Baraga Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chassell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chassell Township | – | C | C | 20 min | $75,729 |
| Portage Township | 5% | C+ | B+ | 15 min | $66,652 |
| Torch Lake Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 23 min | $69,938 |
| Baraga Township | 9% | D | C | 13 min | $52,254 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chassell 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 Chassell Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chassell Township?
$75,729 (±$15,720) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chassell Township?
10.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chassell Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chassell Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houghton (22%, 9 mi), Hancock (13%, 11 mi), Baraga Township (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Chassell Township walkable?
Chassell Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chassell Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chassell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chassell 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.