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Jobs & commute in Clement Township

Most of Clement Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident

42 jobs are based in Clement Township, against 241 working residents. Only 2% work in Clement Township; the top destination outside it is Gladwin (8%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about work in Clement Township

Clement Township is a place people come home to

There are 42 jobs based in Clement 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

44% 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 241 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Who works in Clement Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 237 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.

237live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
38work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night910
Workday710
910live here− 240head out to work+ 38come in to work= 710on a workday

About 710 people are in Clement Township on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.17jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 far

Short hops and long hauls from Clement Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGladwin: 8% · 11.9 miMidland: 7% · 34.2 miWest Branch: 6% · 11.9 miWest Branch Township: 4% · 15 miWilliams Township: 2% · 36 miSaginaw: 2% · 51.7 miSaginaw Township: 2% · 48.5 miGladwin Township: 2% · 7 miFlint: 2% · 81.9 miChippewa Township: 2% · 39.8 miGladwin 8%Midland 7%West Branch 6%West Branch Township 4%Williams Township 2%Clement Township
Clement TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi15 residents
23%10–24 mi56 residents
27%25–50 mi64 residents
44%Over 50 mi106 residents

About 44% 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.

The commute map

The towns that employ Clement Township’s residents

West Branch: 15 residents work here (6%)Gladwin: 19 residents work here (8%)PetoskeySaginaw: 5 residents work here (2%)Midland: 18 residents work here (7%)Flint: 4 residents work here (2%)Williams Township: 6 residents work here (2%)Orion TownshipSaginaw Township: 5 residents work here (2%)Secord TownshipSherman TownshipBangor TownshipBeaver TownshipChippewa Township: 4 residents work here (2%)Horton TownshipEdwards TownshipButman TownshipClement TownshipGladwin Township: 5 residents work here (2%)Bourret TownshipBillings TownshipWest Branch Township: 9 residents work here (4%)GladwinMidlandWest BranchWest Branch TownshipWilliams TownshipSaginawClement Township
1
Gladwin11.9 mi away
8%19
2
Midland34.2 mi away
7%18
3
West Branch11.9 mi away
6%15
44%9
52%6
6
Saginaw51.7 mi away
2%5
7
Saginaw Township48.5 mi away
2%5
82%5
9
Flint81.9 mi away
2%4
10
Chippewa Township39.8 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
63%151
The top trips

Where Clement 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.

The jobs

Mostly health care, schools and offices in Clement Township

Jobs based in Clement TownshipJobs Clement Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms7%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%22%
Services: health, schools, offices93%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less29%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month52%37%
Over $3,333 a month19%46%

Who does it

29 or younger33%21%
30 to 5436%49%
55 and older31%30%
+8%

Jobs based in Clement Township, 2011 → 2021: 39 → 42. 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 Clement Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Clement Township takes about 27 minutes

A year of commuting
209 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Clement Township27 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of Clement Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Clement Township gets to work
89%Drive alone
6%Carpool
4%Walk

Share of the 259 commuters (the 5% 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.

Next door

Next door to Clement Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Edwards Township19 min
Clement Township27 min
Butman Township32 min
Bourret Township33 min
Secord Township36 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownClement Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Clement Township–——27 min$55,066
Butman Townshipunder 2%DD−32 min$61,989
Bourret Townshipunder 2%——33 min—
Secord Townshipunder 2%DD36 min$70,125
Edwards Townshipunder 2%C+D19 min$72,431

Same-state neighbors only. Bourret Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Clement Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Clement Township: questions

What is the median household income in Clement Township?

$55,066 (±$6,386) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Clement Township?

11.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Clement Township?

27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Clement Township work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gladwin (8%, 12 mi), Midland (7%, 34 mi), West Branch (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).

Can you get around Clement Township without a car?

0% 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 Clement Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Clement Township

Clement Township home →

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.