Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Crystal Falls Township have lower incomes than those in 77% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Crystal Falls Township are D for jobs and income and C for walkability. 12.8% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.2% for Michigan as a whole. About one in seven work in Crystal Falls Township itself; outside it, Crystal Falls draws the most (18%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Crystal Falls Township stands out on work
Crystal Falls Township and Crystal Falls trade workers both ways
Crystal Falls is the top workplace for Crystal Falls Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Crystal Falls Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Crystal Falls Township’s workforce skews older
37% of Crystal Falls Township’s working residents are 55 or older. 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 597 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Crystal Falls Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Crystal Falls Township is better than 11% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Crystal Falls Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.3%) is left out: Crystal Falls 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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Crystal Falls Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
The places Crystal Falls Township commutes to
Where Crystal Falls Township clocks in
18% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
421 jobs are based in Crystal Falls Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crystal Falls Township, 2011 → 2021: 67 → 421. 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 Crystal Falls Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Crystal Falls Township
On a workday 525 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 349 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Crystal Falls Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Crystal Falls Township’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crystal Falls Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 487 commuters (the 8% 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 Crystal Falls Township goes to work
About 20% 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.
The commute in Crystal Falls Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crystal Falls Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 530 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). 6.9% of Crystal Falls Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crystal Falls Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Crystal Falls Township places 4,756th of 5,760 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 249 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,754 | Ardmore TN | 1,244 | $47K | 21.6% | 6.2% | 6% | D |
| 4,755 | East Oakland Township IL | 1,205 | $52K | 14.6% | 7.5% | 3% | D |
| 4,756 | Crystal Falls Township MI | 1,676 | $58K | 12.8% | 9.3% | 12% | D |
| 4,757 | Maple Ridge Township MI | 1,589 | $65K | 17.4% | 6.5% | 2% | D |
| 4,758 | Bangor NY | 2,201 | $65K | 19.0% | 0.3% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Crystal Falls Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 23% of Crystal Falls Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crystal Falls Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Falls Township | – | D | C | 28 min | $57,986 |
| Crystal Falls | 18% | D | B+ | 17 min | $60,865 |
| Mansfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Hematite Township | 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Mastodon Township | 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Spurr Township | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Bates Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Amasa | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Republic Township | under 3% | D | B− | 35 min | $49,663 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mansfield Township, Hematite Township, Mastodon Township, Spurr Township and Bates Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Amasa: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Crystal Falls. Darker towns draw more of Crystal Falls 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 Crystal Falls Township: questions
What is the median household income in Crystal Falls Township?
$57,986 (±$13,838) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crystal Falls Township?
12.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crystal Falls Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crystal Falls Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crystal Falls (18%, 11 mi), Iron River (11%, 19 mi), Iron Mountain (8%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Crystal Falls Township walkable?
Crystal Falls Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crystal Falls Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crystal Falls Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crystal Falls 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.