With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Cumming Township works elsewhere
There are 92 jobs in Cumming Township for 230 working residents. Only 1% work in Cumming Township itself; outside it, West Branch draws the most (7%, 11 miles). The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cumming Township and work: the main findings
Where in the region Cumming Township works
About 50% 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 daily flow of workers through Cumming Township
On a workday 227 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Cumming Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Commuting out of Cumming Township: the destinations
Where Cumming 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.
What Cumming Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cumming Township, 2011 → 2021: 32 → 92. 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 Cumming Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Cumming Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cumming Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 170 commuters (the 16% 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.
Next door is work for 10% of Cumming Township
The biggest share goes to Rose City (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cumming Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumming Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $41,667 |
| Hill Township | 2% | D | C− | 38 min | $64,453 |
| Klacking Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Rose City | 5% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Rose Township | under 2% | D | C− | 27 min | $55,491 |
| Churchill Township | 3% | C | C− | 28 min | $65,521 |
| Lupton | under 2% | — | — | 43 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Klacking Township and Rose City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lupton: 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 Cumming 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 Cumming Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cumming Township?
$41,667 (±$10,484) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cumming Township?
21.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cumming Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cumming Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Branch (7%, 11 mi), Rose City (5%, 4 mi), West Branch Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Cumming 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 Cumming Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cumming 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.