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Jobs & commute in Cross Village Township

Cross Village Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

The trip to work takes 37 minutes on average, next to 24 for Michigan and 26 for the U.S. 4 jobs are based in Cross Village Township, against 81 working residents. Hardly any work in Cross Village Township itself; outside it, Bear Creek Township draws the most (10%, 21 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Cross Village Township

On a workday 81 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

81live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday160
240live here− 81head out to work+ 4come in to work= 160on a workday

About 160 people are in Cross Village Township on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.05jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Cross Village Township to work: where people go

Boyne City: 2 residents work here (2%)Petoskey: 7 residents work here (9%)Grand Rapids: 4 residents work here (5%)Pleasantview Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Mackinaw Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Cross Village TownshipBear Creek Township: 8 residents work here (10%)Roscommon Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Aloha TownshipWawatam TownshipBliss TownshipCenter TownshipReadmond TownshipWest Traverse Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Little Traverse Township: 5 residents work here (6%)Boyne Valley Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Bear Creek TownshipPetoskeyLittle Traverse TownshipGrand RapidsWest Traverse TownshipBoyne Valley TownshipCross Village Township
110%8
2
Petoskey19.2 mi away
9%7
36%5
4
Grand Rapids188.1 mi away
5%4
55%4
65%4
74%3
84%3
9
Roscommon Township98.6 mi away
4%3
10
Boyne City29.7 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%38
The top trips

Where Cross Village 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.

The jobs

A place that makes things: 75% of Cross Village Township’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Cross Village TownshipJobs Cross Village Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms75%23%
Trade, transport & utilities25%17%
Services: health, schools, offices0%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%26%
Over $3,333 a month50%52%

Who does it

29 or younger50%17%
30 to 5425%46%
55 and older25%37%
+100%

Jobs based in Cross Village Township, 2011 → 2021: 2 → 4. 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 Cross Village Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Cross Village Township: about 37 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
281 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Cross Village Township37 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
10%

of Cross Village Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Cross Village Township gets to work
91%Drive alone
5%Carpool
4%Walk

Share of the 81 commuters (the 10% 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.

How far

How far Cross Village Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBear Creek Township: 10% · 20.6 miPetoskey: 9% · 19.2 miLittle Traverse Township: 6% · 14.7 miGrand Rapids: 5% · 188.1 miWest Traverse Township: 5% · 13.5 miBoyne Valley Township: 5% · 34.9 miPleasantview Township: 4% · 10.7 miMackinaw Township: 4% · 16 miRoscommon Township: 4% · 98.6 miBoyne City: 2% · 29.7 miBear Creek Township 10%Petoskey 9%Little Traverse Township 6%Grand Rapids 5%West Traverse Township 5%Cross Village Township
Cross Village TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi4 residents
51%10–24 mi41 residents
15%25–50 mi12 residents
30%Over 50 mi24 residents

About 30% 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.

Next door

Next door to Cross Village Township

Readmond Township: few work hereBliss Township: few work hereCenter Township: few work hereReadmond TownshipBliss TownshipCenter TownshipCross Village Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Readmond Township23 min
Center Township26 min
Bliss Township31 min
Cross Village Township37 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownCross Village Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Cross Village Township–——37 min$56,250
Readmond Townshipunder 3%——23 min—
Bliss Townshipunder 3%——31 min—
Center Townshipunder 3%——26 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Readmond Township, Bliss Township and Center Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Cross Village Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Cross Village Township: questions

What is the median household income in Cross Village Township?

$56,250 (±$7,763) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Cross Village Township?

8.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Cross Village Township?

37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Cross Village Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bear Creek Township (10%, 21 mi), Petoskey (9%, 19 mi), Little Traverse Township (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).

Can you get around Cross Village Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Cross Village Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Cross Village Township

Cross Village Township home →

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.