Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Climax Township works elsewhere
Only 5% work in Climax Township; the top destination outside it is Kalamazoo (12%, 13 miles). Climax Township has 193 jobs, against 873 working residents. The two grades for Climax Township are B 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
Work in Climax Township: the figures worth knowing
Climax Township is a place people come home to
There are 193 jobs based in Climax Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Climax Township has about 1,700 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Climax Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Climax Township fell from 373 in 2011 to 193 in 2021, −48%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 873 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Climax Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Climax Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Climax Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (11.7%) is left out: Climax 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Climax Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Who works in Climax Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 827 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Climax Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Goods, not services: 43% of the jobs in Climax Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Climax Township, 2011 → 2021: 373 → 193. 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 Climax Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Climax Township commutes to
Where Climax Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
From Climax Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Climax Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 703 commuters (the 11% 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.
How far it is to work from Climax Township
About 23% 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.
Climax Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Climax Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 786 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). 3.1% of Climax Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Climax Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,868th of 4,995: where Climax Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 94 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 135 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,866 | Cass Township IN | 1,757 | $63K | 5.0% | 0.8% | 7% | B |
| 1,867 | New Garden Township IN | 1,930 | $74K | 8.4% | 2.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,868 | Climax Township MI | 2,381 | $76K | 8.5% | 11.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,869 | Durham NY | 2,603 | $81K | 4.1% | 3.5% | 12% | B |
| 1,870 | Clermont NY | 2,022 | $95K | 8.0% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Climax Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Climax Township
The biggest share goes to Pavilion Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Climax Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climax Township | – | B | C− | 27 min | $75,625 |
| Charleston Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 20 min | $82,308 |
| Leroy Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 20 min | $81,638 |
| Wakeshma Township | under 2% | B | C− | 29 min | $77,917 |
| Pavilion Township | 3% | B− | D | 25 min | $83,750 |
| Athens Township | under 2% | B | C− | 27 min | $62,841 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Climax 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 Climax Township: questions
What is the median household income in Climax Township?
$75,625 (±$10,036) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Climax Township?
8.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Climax Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Climax Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalamazoo (12%, 13 mi), Battle Creek (11%, 9 mi), Portage (11%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Climax Township walkable?
Climax Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Climax 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 Climax Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Climax 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.