Fort Drummond · Photo: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service · Public domainDrummond Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
10% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Michigan. 120 jobs are based in Drummond Township for 232 working residents. Working residents average 22 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Drummond Township, in brief
Drummond Township and Detour Township trade workers both ways
Detour Township is the top workplace for Drummond Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Drummond Township come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 ↓
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 232 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
19% of working residents work in Detour Township
Where Drummond Township clocks in
15% 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.
Where in the region Drummond Township works
About 30% 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.
Drummond Township by day and by night
On a workday 173 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Drummond Township on a workday afternoon, 11% 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.
What Drummond Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Drummond Township, 2011 → 2021: 104 → 120. 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 Drummond Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Drummond Township, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Drummond Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 353 commuters (the 9% 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.
Work next door: 19% of Drummond Township’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Drummond Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummond Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $67,232 |
| Detour Township | 19% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Detour Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Detour Township. Darker towns draw more of Drummond 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 Drummond Township: questions
What is the median household income in Drummond Township?
$67,232 (±$16,224) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Drummond Township?
19.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Drummond Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Drummond Township work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detour Township (19%, 19 mi), Sault Ste. Marie (15%, 49 mi), Rogers City (4%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Drummond Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Drummond Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Drummond 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.