Custer Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
110 jobs are based in Custer Township; 494 of its residents have a job. Custer Township grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Custer Township is behind 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Custer Township apart on work
Custer Township and Ludington trade workers both ways
Ludington is the top workplace for Custer Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Custer Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Custer Township is a place people come home to
There are 110 jobs based in Custer Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Custer Township has about 930 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 ↓
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 494 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Custer Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Custer Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Custer Township’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.0%) is left out: Custer 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, Custer Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
17% of working residents work in Ludington
Where Custer Township clocks in
5% 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.
Custer Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 491 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Custer Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
How many miles Custer Township commutes
About 36% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 36% of the jobs in Custer Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Custer Township, 2011 → 2021: 126 → 110. 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 Custer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Custer Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 514 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.
Most trips from Custer Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Custer Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Custer 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 568 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). 1.9% of Custer Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Custer Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Custer Township is 2,948th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 2,946 | Bennington Township IL | 1,542 | $71K | 13.6% | 4.7% | 16% | C |
| 2,947 | Onarga Township IL | 1,581 | $72K | 10.1% | 3.7% | 10% | C |
| 2,948 | Custer Township MI | 1,313 | $56K | 4.5% | 7.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,949 | Trout Lake Township MN | 1,084 | $71K | 9.1% | 11.7% | 0% | C |
| 2,950 | Bratton Township OH | 1,381 | $53K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 0% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Custer Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Custer Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Scottville (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Custer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custer Township | – | C | C− | 21 min | $56,172 |
| Scottville | 5% | D− | A− | 20 min | $51,953 |
| Eden Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Sherman Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 21 min | $75,500 |
| Branch Township | under 2% | D | C | 30 min | $61,886 |
| Amber Township | 5% | C+ | B− | 17 min | $70,515 |
| Riverton Township | under 2% | D | D | 22 min | $63,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Eden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Custer 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 Custer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Custer Township?
$56,172 (±$11,661) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Custer Township?
4.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Custer Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Custer Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ludington (17%, 11 mi), Pere Marquette Township (12%, 10 mi), Scottville (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Custer Township walkable?
Custer Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Custer 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 Custer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Custer 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.