With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Custer Township works elsewhere
3% of workers have no commute at all, where Michigan as a whole has 14%. Custer Township has 140 jobs for 319 working residents. Only 3% work in Custer Township itself; outside it, Sandusky draws the most (33%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Custer Township, in brief
A lot of Custer Township works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Custer Township: Sandusky (33%) and Watertown Township (6%). Next door ↓
Few Custer Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 319 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
From Custer Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 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 378 commuters (the 3% 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.
Custer Township by day and by night
On a workday 311 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Custer Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
The places Custer Township commutes to
Where Custer Township clocks in
33% 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.
A place that makes things: 59% of Custer Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Custer Township, 2011 → 2021: 270 → 140. 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Custer Township
About 29% 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.
Bordering towns draw 39% of Custer Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Custer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custer Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $60,515 |
| Sandusky | 33% | C− | A | 24 min | $56,563 |
| Moore Township | under 2% | D− | C− | 22 min | $48,750 |
| Bridgehampton Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Wheatland Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Watertown Township | 6% | B− | C− | 25 min | $72,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bridgehampton Township and Wheatland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sandusky. 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?
$60,515 (±$12,802) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Custer Township?
11.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Custer Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Custer Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandusky (33%, 4 mi), Watertown Township (6%, 7 mi), Marlette (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Custer Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.