Cleon Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns. There are 171 jobs in Cleon Township for 346 working residents. The two grades for Cleon Township are D− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Cleon Township, in brief
Cleon Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Cleon Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 346 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Cleon Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Cleon Township is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Cleon Township’s grade.
Unemployment (5.9%) is left out: Cleon 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, Cleon Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
A commute of about 37 minutes in Cleon Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cleon Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 381 commuters (the 4% 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 daily flow of workers through Cleon Township
On a workday 331 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Cleon Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
6% of working residents work in Weldon Township
Where Cleon Township clocks in
6% of workers
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.
Cleon Township works in goods: 58% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cleon Township, 2011 → 2021: 73 → 171. 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 Cleon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cleon Township
About 29% 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 Cleon Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cleon Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 395 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). 2.7% of Cleon Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cleon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cleon Township and other U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,987 | Cloverport KY | 1,153 | $37K | 32.1% | 13.4% | 3% | D− |
| 2,988 | Glenmora LA | 1,040 | $32K | 36.4% | 9.1% | 2% | D− |
| 2,989 | Cleon Township MI | 1,057 | $52K | 27.1% | 5.9% | 4% | D− |
| 2,990 | Briggs OK | 1,131 | $47K | 28.4% | 9.9% | 2% | D− |
| 2,991 | Goodwater AL | 1,256 | $40K | 36.4% | 6.8% | 9% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Cleon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Cleon Township
The biggest share goes to Springdale Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cleon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleon Township | – | D− | C | 37 min | $51,625 |
| Wexford Township | under 3% | C− | D | 33 min | $77,563 |
| Marilla Township | under 3% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Springdale Township | 3% | D− | D− | 29 min | $53,295 |
| Colfax Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Nessen City | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marilla Township and Colfax Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Nessen City: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cleon 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 Cleon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cleon Township?
$51,625 (±$14,438) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cleon Township?
27.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cleon Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cleon Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weldon Township (6%, 8 mi), Traverse City (6%, 24 mi), Garfield Township (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Cleon Township walkable?
Cleon Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cleon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cleon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cleon 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.