Dover Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Dover Township itself; outside it, Cadillac draws the most (9%, 13 miles). Dover Township has 12 jobs for 129 working residents. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Dover Township
On a workday 129 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Dover Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where people from Dover Township work
Where Dover 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.
Goods, not services: 67% of the jobs in Dover Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dover Township, 2011 → 2021: 4 → 12. 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 Dover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Dover Township takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dover Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 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.
How far Dover Township’s workers travel
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.
Dover Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Township | – | — | — | 33 min | $55,714 |
| Ellsworth Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Newkirk Township | under 3% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Burdell Township | under 3% | D | C− | 26 min | $71,042 |
| Henderson Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ellsworth Township, Newkirk Township and Henderson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dover 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 Dover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dover Township?
$55,714 (±$9,618) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dover Township?
21.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dover Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dover Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cadillac (9%, 13 mi), Reed City (8%, 18 mi), Grand Rapids (5%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Dover Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dover 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.