Corwith Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Corwith Township is better than 8% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−). Corwith Township has 342 jobs for 616 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Corwith Township
Corwith Township makes and builds things
72% of the jobs based in Corwith Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Corwith Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Corwith Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Corwith Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% 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 616 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Corwith Township: the grade in detail
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Corwith Township’s grade.
Unemployment (6.3%) is left out: Corwith 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, Corwith Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Factories, building and farms: 72% of the jobs in Corwith Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corwith Township, 2011 → 2021: 263 → 342. 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 Corwith Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Corwith Township
About 40% 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.
Who works in Corwith Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 579 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Corwith Township on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
18% of working residents work in Gaylord
Where Corwith Township clocks in
Lines 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corwith Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 676 commuters (the 7% 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.
For most of Corwith Township, work means a drive
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 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 730 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). 7.8% of Corwith Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Corwith Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Corwith Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400: 5,290th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 104 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 218 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 263 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,288 | Walters OK | 2,355 | $54K | 26.8% | 3.6% | 23% | D |
| 5,289 | St. Matthews SC | 1,827 | $51K | 31.1% | 8.1% | 6% | D |
| 5,290 | Corwith Township MI | 1,783 | $57K | 18.9% | 6.3% | 6% | D |
| 5,291 | Little Valley NY | 1,674 | $56K | 21.1% | 1.0% | 13% | D |
| 5,292 | Danville AR | 1,961 | $64K | 26.0% | 7.3% | 13% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Corwith Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 10% of Corwith Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Livingston Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Corwith Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corwith Township | – | D | C− | 21 min | $57,308 |
| Hudson Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Livingston Township | 4% | B+ | C− | 13 min | $76,625 |
| Dover Township | 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Montmorency Township | under 3% | C | C− | 29 min | $67,614 |
| Charlton Township | 3% | C | C− | 26 min | $66,813 |
| Nunda Township | under 3% | D | C− | 37 min | $58,707 |
| Wilmot Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hudson Township, Dover Township and Wilmot Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Corwith 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 Corwith Township: questions
What is the median household income in Corwith Township?
$57,308 (±$10,875) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corwith Township?
18.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corwith Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corwith Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gaylord (18%, 11 mi), Livingston Township (4%, 8 mi), Dover Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Corwith Township walkable?
Corwith Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corwith Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corwith Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corwith 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.