Denver Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Denver Township D; getting around on foot earns it D. Denver Township has 63 jobs for 442 working residents. Home is the office for 2% of workers; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Denver Township in brief
Denver Township is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Denver Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Denver Township has about 800 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Denver Township and Chippewa Township trade workers both ways
Chippewa Township is the top workplace for Denver Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Denver Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Denver Township workers work from home
Only 2% 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 442 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Denver Township
On income, poverty and job access, Denver Township is better than 13% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Denver Township’s grade.
Unemployment (14.2%) is left out: Denver 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Denver Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
A workday in Denver Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 438 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Denver Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
16% of working residents work in Chippewa Township
Where Denver Township clocks in
15% 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.
Denver Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Denver Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 629 commuters (the 2% 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.
What Denver Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Denver Township, 2011 → 2021: 30 → 63. 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 Denver Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Denver Township
About 20% 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.
For most of Denver Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Denver Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 643 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). 6.5% of Denver Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Denver Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Denver Township ranks 3,366th of 4,312 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,364 | Waukomis OK | 1,324 | $61K | 18.4% | 1.2% | 3% | D |
| 3,365 | Ceredo WV | 1,318 | $50K | 29.1% | 5.2% | 3% | D |
| 3,366 | Denver Township MI | 1,175 | $62K | 18.3% | 14.2% | 1% | D |
| 3,367 | Catharine NY | 1,526 | $59K | 20.7% | 7.7% | 4% | D |
| 3,368 | Rocky Point NC | 1,020 | $70K | 19.8% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Denver Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Denver Township and its neighbors: 16% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Denver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Township | – | D | D | 26 min | $61,912 |
| Chippewa Township | 16% | C | C− | 24 min | $64,651 |
| Wise Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 25 min | $68,125 |
| Geneva Township | under 2% | C | C | 30 min | $61,518 |
| Isabella Township | under 2% | C− | C | 21 min | $61,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Chippewa Township. Darker towns draw more of Denver 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 Denver Township: questions
What is the median household income in Denver Township?
$61,912 (±$23,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Denver Township?
18.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Denver Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Denver Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chippewa Township (16%, 7 mi), Mount Pleasant (15%, 9 mi), Union Township (10%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Denver Township walkable?
Denver Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Denver Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Denver Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Denver 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.