Photo: Larry Pieniazek, Lar (commons) or User:Lar (wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0Croton Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Croton Township for work; outside it, Grand Rapids is the main destination (13%, 32 miles). Employers in Croton Township report 109 jobs, against 1,254 working residents. The two grades for Croton Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Croton Township: the figures worth knowing
Croton Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Croton Township is a place people come home to
There are 109 jobs based in Croton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Croton Township has about 2,300 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Croton Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Croton Township is Grand Rapids, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (164) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Why Croton Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Croton Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #437 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Croton Township’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
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, Croton Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
About 38 minutes to work from Croton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Croton Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,467 commuters (the 9% 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 flow of workers through Croton Township
On a workday 1,249 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Croton Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Half of Croton Township commutes less than 31 miles
About 17% 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.
Where Croton Township goes to work
Where Croton 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.
Croton Township works in goods: 33% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Croton Township, 2011 → 2021: 155 → 109. 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 Croton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Croton Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Croton Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns, #641 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Croton 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 1,604 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). 0.7% of Croton Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Croton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Croton Township places 2,510th of 4,535 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | 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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| 25 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 125 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Dexter MI | 4,461 | $107K | 0.8% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
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| 2,508 | Williston FL | 3,456 | $61K | 15.8% | 1.7% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,509 | Lodi OH | 2,822 | $52K | 9.3% | 4.6% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,510 | Croton Township MI | 3,472 | $77K | 12.7% | 2.1% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,511 | Wilmington Township PA | 2,642 | $73K | 9.8% | 5.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,512 | Tyro NC | 3,833 | $58K | 15.7% | 2.4% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | 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 Croton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Croton Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Croton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croton Township | – | C+ | D | 38 min | $76,765 |
| Big Prairie Township | under 2% | D− | D | 38 min | $53,289 |
| Ensley Township | under 2% | A− | C | 31 min | $75,954 |
| Brooks Township | under 2% | B− | D | 34 min | $77,734 |
| Reynolds Township | under 2% | B− | C | 37 min | $72,857 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Croton 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 Croton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Croton Township?
$76,765 (±$15,489) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Croton Township?
12.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Croton Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Croton Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (13%, 32 mi), Newaygo (9%, 8 mi), Wyoming (4%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Croton Township walkable?
Croton Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Croton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Croton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Croton 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.