Photo: daBinsi · CC BY 2.0Corunna has lower household incomes than 92% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. Below the poverty line: 14.9% of residents, against 13.2% across Michigan. The two grades for Corunna are C for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Corunna
Corunna trades workers with the towns around it
Corunna has about as many jobs (1,541) as working residents (1,316), but they are mostly different people: 1,231 residents leave for work each day while 1,456 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Corunna are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Corunna and Owosso trade workers both ways
Owosso is the top workplace for Corunna residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Corunna come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Corunna workers work from home
Only 3% 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.
Corunna’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Corunna is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #559 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Corunna’s grade up (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($46,141, U.S. $80,734).
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, Corunna could be anywhere from D to B.
Who commutes out of Corunna, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,231 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 1,456 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Owosso
Where Corunna clocks in
15% 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.
The trip to work from Corunna: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corunna workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,162 commuters (the 3% 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.
What the 1,541 jobs in Corunna are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corunna, 2011 → 2021: 1,855 → 1,541. 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 Corunna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Corunna
About 24% 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.
Corunna is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Corunna is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #80 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Corunna 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 1,198 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). 10.6% of Corunna households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Corunna’s commuters take a bus or train.
Corunna is 3,386th of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,384 | Green Forest AR | 3,246 | $50K | 10.2% | 3.9% | 25% | C |
| 3,385 | Grangeville ID | 3,621 | $61K | 16.3% | 2.0% | 39% | C |
| 3,386 | Corunna MI | 3,000 | $46K | 14.9% | 4.3% | 6% | C |
| 3,387 | Knob Noster MO | 2,997 | $62K | 6.0% | 10.0% | 8% | C |
| 3,388 | La Blanca TX | 2,998 | $56K | 19.2% | 5.5% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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 Corunna, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Corunna compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Corunna workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corunna | – | C | A− | 22 min | $46,141 |
| Middletown | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Middletown: 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 Corunna’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 Corunna: questions
What is the median household income in Corunna?
$46,141 (±$4,640) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corunna?
14.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corunna?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corunna work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owosso (15%, 3 mi), Caledonia Township (7%, 1 mi), Owosso Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Corunna walkable?
Corunna is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corunna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corunna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corunna
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.