With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Cohoctah Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Cohoctah Township are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Cohoctah Township has 157 jobs for 1,298 working residents. Only 3% stay in Cohoctah Township for work; outside it, Howell is the main destination (9%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Cohoctah Township in brief
Cohoctah Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Cohoctah Township is a place people come home to
There are 157 jobs based in Cohoctah Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cohoctah Township has about 2,000 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Cohoctah Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cohoctah Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #232 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Cohoctah Township’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
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, Cohoctah Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Time on the road from Cohoctah Township: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cohoctah Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,451 commuters (the 13% 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 commute in and out of Cohoctah Township
On a workday 1,260 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Cohoctah Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Cohoctah Township: the destinations
Where Cohoctah Township clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Cohoctah Township makes things: 36% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cohoctah Township, 2011 → 2021: 120 → 157. 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 Cohoctah Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cohoctah Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Few in Cohoctah Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cohoctah Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #505 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,667 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Cohoctah Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Cohoctah Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300, Cohoctah Township ranks 1,283rd of 4,698 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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| 139 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Lima Township MI | 4,215 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,281 | Goodview MN | 4,122 | $75K | 5.9% | 2.1% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,282 | Maybrook NY | 3,212 | $72K | 6.1% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,283 | Cohoctah Township MI | 3,185 | $86K | 5.4% | 3.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,284 | Buckeye Lake OH | 2,590 | $79K | 15.1% | 1.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,285 | Marshall WI | 3,696 | $86K | 12.3% | 2.2% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | 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 Cohoctah Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Cohoctah Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cohoctah Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohoctah Township | – | B+ | C− | 40 min | $86,250 |
| Howell Township | 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Deerfield Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 42 min | $105,257 |
| Conway Township | under 3% | A | D− | 36 min | $100,625 |
| Burns Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 40 min | $83,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Howell Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Howell Township. Darker towns draw more of Cohoctah 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 Cohoctah Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cohoctah Township?
$86,250 (±$18,044) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cohoctah Township?
5.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cohoctah Township?
40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cohoctah Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Howell (9%, 9 mi), Ann Arbor (5%, 34 mi), Genoa Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Cohoctah Township walkable?
Cohoctah Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cohoctah Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cohoctah Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cohoctah 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.