Coe Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, where Michigan as a whole has 14%. There are 605 jobs in Coe Township; 1,239 of its residents have a job. Coe Township grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Coe Township apart
Inside Coe Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coe Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #587 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Coe Township’s grade up (10.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (8.0%, U.S. 5.2%).
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coe Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
The daily trip from Coe Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coe Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,297 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.
Coe Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,137 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 503 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Coe Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
22% of working residents work in Mount Pleasant
Where Coe Township clocks in
22% 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.
What Coe Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coe Township, 2011 → 2021: 727 → 605. 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 Coe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Coe Township to work
About 19% 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.
Getting around Coe Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coe Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #227 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,367 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). 1.3% of Coe Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Coe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200, Coe Township comes 3,463rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 136 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 226 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
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| 3,461 | New Lisbon WI | 2,577 | $71K | 16.4% | 7.5% | 14% | C− |
| 3,462 | Flora Township IL | 3,011 | $54K | 15.6% | 8.3% | 4% | C− |
| 3,463 | Coe Township MI | 3,084 | $60K | 10.8% | 8.0% | 8% | C− |
| 3,464 | Warrior AL | 3,320 | $58K | 18.3% | 7.5% | 6% | C− |
| 3,465 | Kulpmont PA | 2,688 | $50K | 10.7% | 5.5% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Coe Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 11% of Coe Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Chippewa Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coe Township | – | C− | B− | 17 min | $59,878 |
| Chippewa Township | 9% | C | C− | 24 min | $64,651 |
| Jasper Township | under 3% | B− | D | 24 min | $80,417 |
| Pine River Township | 2% | B− | C+ | 21 min | $71,073 |
| Lincoln Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 24 min | $72,938 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coe 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 Coe Township: questions
What is the median household income in Coe Township?
$59,878 (±$16,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coe Township?
10.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coe Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coe Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Pleasant (22%, 8 mi), Chippewa Township (9%, 5 mi), Union Township (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Coe Township walkable?
Coe Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coe Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coe Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coe 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.