Household incomes in Curtis Township trail those of 96% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Curtis Township for work; outside it, Oscoda Township is the main destination (5%, 13 miles). 16.3% of residents are in poverty, against 13.2% across Michigan. The two grades for Curtis Township are D− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Curtis Township and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
Curtis Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 260 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Curtis Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Curtis Township is better than 2% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Curtis Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Curtis 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, Curtis Township could be anywhere from D− to D.
How far Curtis Township’s workers travel
About 41% 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.
Time on the road from Curtis Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Curtis Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 335 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.
In and out of Curtis Township on a workday
On a workday 239 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Curtis Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.49 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.
Where Curtis Township’s working residents head each day
Where Curtis Township clocks in
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Curtis Township
128 jobs are based in Curtis Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Curtis Township, 2011 → 2021: 103 → 128. 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 Curtis Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Curtis Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Curtis Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 365 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). 1.6% of Curtis Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Curtis Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Curtis Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,577 | Monticello MS | 1,378 | $34K | 25.4% | 9.8% | 14% | D− |
| 3,578 | Lemmon SD | 1,158 | $50K | 22.0% | 5.1% | 38% | D− |
| 3,579 | Curtis Township MI | 1,145 | $39K | 16.3% | 2.1% | 8% | D− |
| 3,580 | Stamps AR | 1,181 | $37K | 25.8% | 13.9% | 14% | D− |
| 3,581 | Cripple Creek CO | 1,120 | $42K | 20.3% | 9.7% | 35% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Curtis Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Curtis Township and its neighbors: 10% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Curtis Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Township | – | D− | B− | 32 min | $39,180 |
| Mikado Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Mitchell Township | 5% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Millen Township | under 3% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Plainfield Township | under 3% | C− | B− | 30 min | $52,035 |
| Oscoda Township | 5% | D− | B | 17 min | $43,125 |
| Mentor Township | under 3% | D− | B− | 20 min | $42,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mikado Township, Mitchell Township and Millen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mitchell Township. Darker towns draw more of Curtis 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 Curtis Township: questions
What is the median household income in Curtis Township?
$39,180 (±$4,732) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Curtis Township?
16.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Curtis Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Curtis Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oscoda Township (5%, 13 mi), Mitchell Township (5%, 12 mi), Alpena (4%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Curtis Township walkable?
Curtis Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Curtis Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Curtis Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Curtis 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.