Deep River Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
445 jobs are based in Deep River Township, and 789 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Deep River Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (C+). 4% of workers work from home; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Deep River Township
Why Deep River Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Deep River Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deep River Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Deep River Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deep River Township, 2011 → 2021: 598 → 445. 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 Deep River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Deep River Township by day
On a workday 736 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 392 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Deep River Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
13% of working residents work in Standish
Where Deep River Township clocks in
4% of workers
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.
Time on the road from Deep River Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deep River Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 957 commuters (the 4% 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.
The commute from Deep River Township, by distance
About 27% 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.
Most of Deep River Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,002 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). 2.8% of Deep River Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Deep River Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800, Deep River Township comes 3,554th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 89 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 124 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 201 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,552 | Winlock WA | 2,640 | $80K | 14.9% | 10.6% | 7% | C− |
| 3,553 | Lacon Township IL | 2,284 | $69K | 13.4% | 6.8% | 14% | C− |
| 3,554 | Deep River Township MI | 2,076 | $59K | 16.4% | 2.9% | 7% | C− |
| 3,555 | Snyder Township PA | 2,304 | $70K | 9.9% | 7.3% | 17% | C− |
| 3,556 | Proctor VT | 1,687 | $74K | 16.2% | 1.6% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Deep River Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Deep River Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deep River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep River Township | – | C− | C+ | 26 min | $58,598 |
| Adams Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Arenac Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Clayton Township | under 3% | D | B− | 27 min | $50,795 |
| Mason Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Adams Township, Lincoln Township, Arenac Township and Mason Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deep River 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 Deep River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Deep River Township?
$58,598 (±$4,997) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deep River Township?
16.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deep River Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deep River Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Standish (13%, 4 mi), Bay City (4%, 31 mi), Saginaw (4%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Deep River Township walkable?
Deep River Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deep River Township without a car?
<1% 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 Deep River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deep River 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.