Coldsprings Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Coldsprings Township grades D for jobs and income and D− for walkability. There are 17 jobs in Coldsprings Township, and 511 of its residents work somewhere. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Coldsprings Township
Coldsprings Township is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Coldsprings Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Coldsprings Township has about 1,100 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Coldsprings Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Coldsprings Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Coldsprings Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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 511 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Coldsprings Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Coldsprings Township is better than 13% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Coldsprings Township’s grade up (12.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Coldsprings 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, Coldsprings Township could be anywhere from D to C.
Coldsprings Township by day and by night
On a workday 508 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Coldsprings Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coldsprings Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 556 commuters (the 6% 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.
In Coldsprings Township, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coldsprings Township, 2011 → 2021: 13 → 17. 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 Coldsprings Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
17% of working residents work in Kalkaska Township
Where Coldsprings Township clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
How many miles Coldsprings Township commutes
About 22% 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 Coldsprings Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coldsprings Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Coldsprings Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 591 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). 3.9% of Coldsprings Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coldsprings Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Coldsprings Township comes 4,884th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 105 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 174 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Ceredo WV | 1,318 | $50K | 29.1% | 5.2% | 3% | D |
| 4,883 | Denver Township MI | 1,175 | $62K | 18.3% | 14.2% | 1% | D |
| 4,884 | Coldsprings Township MI | 1,611 | $61K | 12.3% | 4.2% | 1% | D |
| 4,885 | Catharine NY | 1,526 | $59K | 20.7% | 7.7% | 4% | D |
| 4,886 | Spring Township PA | 1,629 | $59K | 14.9% | 1.5% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Coldsprings Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Coldsprings Township
The biggest share goes to Mancelona Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coldsprings Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldsprings Township | – | D | D− | 35 min | $61,198 |
| Rapid River Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 29 min | $72,273 |
| Blue Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 48 min | — |
| Excelsior Township | under 2% | C− | D | 31 min | $66,250 |
| Mancelona Township | 3% | D | C+ | 28 min | $65,412 |
Same-state neighbors only. Blue Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coldsprings 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 Coldsprings Township: questions
What is the median household income in Coldsprings Township?
$61,198 (±$6,326) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coldsprings Township?
12.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coldsprings Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coldsprings Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalkaska Township (17%, 10 mi), Traverse City (12%, 28 mi), Garfield Township (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Coldsprings Township walkable?
Coldsprings Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coldsprings 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 Coldsprings Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coldsprings 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.