Household incomes in Denton Township trail those of 92% of U.S. towns
19.7% of residents are in poverty, against 13.2% across Michigan. Jobs and income earn Denton Township D; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in seven stay in Denton Township for work; outside it, Roscommon Township is the main destination (10%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Denton Township, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
44% 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 ↓
Fewer than half of Denton Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
38% of Denton Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Denton Township pay little
27% of the jobs based in Denton Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Denton Township’s grade explained
Unemployment holds Denton Township’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($45,640, U.S. $80,734).
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, poverty and unemployment, Denton Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Miles to work from Denton Township
About 44% 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.
Inside Denton Township’s 1,106 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Denton Township, 2011 → 2021: 971 → 1,106. 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 Denton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Denton Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,213 residents head out to work, 190 work right here, and 916 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
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 Denton Township goes to work
Where Denton 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Denton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Denton Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,470 commuters (the 14% 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.
For most of Denton Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Denton Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #185 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,700 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). 12.0% of Denton Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Denton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Denton Township next to U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,268 | Burgaw NC | 3,903 | $68K | 19.7% | 8.5% | 12% | D |
| 3,269 | Denning Township IL | 4,628 | $53K | 23.5% | 9.3% | 12% | D |
| 3,270 | Denton Township MI | 5,411 | $46K | 19.7% | 4.5% | 14% | D |
| 3,271 | Candor NY | 4,962 | $49K | 21.3% | 5.1% | 11% | D |
| 3,272 | Church Point LA | 4,036 | $46K | 24.0% | 9.5% | 16% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Denton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
12% of Denton Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Denton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton Township | – | D | B | 24 min | $45,640 |
| Roscommon Township | 10% | C− | C− | 25 min | $53,186 |
| Backus Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Markey Township | 2% | D | D− | 27 min | $51,587 |
Same-state neighbors only. Backus Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Roscommon Township. Darker towns draw more of Denton 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 Denton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Denton Township?
$45,640 (±$6,428) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Denton Township?
19.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Denton Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Denton Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roscommon Township (10%, 6 mi), Grayling (3%, 26 mi), Higgins Township (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Denton Township walkable?
Denton Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Denton Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Denton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Denton 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.