Grist Mill Bridge, Dam and Mill Site · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0At 11.5%, unemployment in Duplain Township is higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Duplain Township are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Duplain Township itself; outside it, Lansing draws the most (11%, 26 miles). Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Duplain Township at work: what stands out
Duplain Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Duplain Township is Lansing, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (96) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Duplain Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Duplain Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Duplain Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Duplain Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Duplain Township fell from 725 in 2011 to 508 in 2021, −30%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 896 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Duplain Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Duplain Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Duplain Township’s grade up (7.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
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, Duplain Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How far Duplain Township’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
Goods, not services: 39% of the jobs in Duplain Township
508 jobs are based in Duplain Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Duplain Township, 2011 → 2021: 725 → 508. 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 Duplain Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Duplain Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 802 residents head out to work, 94 work right here, and 414 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Duplain Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Duplain Township’s working residents head each day
Where Duplain Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Duplain Township takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Duplain Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 962 commuters (the 7% 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.
Getting around Duplain Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Duplain Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Duplain Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,037 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Duplain Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Duplain Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,590th of 5,328: where Duplain Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,588 | Cienegas Terrace TX | 1,868 | $60K | 9.5% | 13.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,589 | Wild Peach Village TX | 2,502 | $67K | 14.5% | 6.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,590 | Duplain Township MI | 2,316 | $63K | 7.9% | 11.5% | 10% | C |
| 3,591 | Deercreek Township OH | 1,676 | $65K | 12.3% | 2.8% | 2% | C |
| 3,592 | Conemaugh Township PA | 2,043 | $63K | 12.1% | 5.6% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Duplain Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Duplain Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Duplain Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duplain Township | – | C | C+ | 27 min | $63,177 |
| Ovid Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 32 min | $105,588 |
| Greenbush Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 30 min | $71,607 |
| Elba Township | under 2% | D | C− | 32 min | $52,344 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Middlebury Township | under 2% | B | D− | 35 min | $77,344 |
| Bingham Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $77,273 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Duplain 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 Duplain Township: questions
What is the median household income in Duplain Township?
$63,177 (±$6,624) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Duplain Township?
7.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Duplain Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Duplain Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (11%, 26 mi), St. Johns (10%, 8 mi), East Lansing (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Duplain Township walkable?
Duplain Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Duplain Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Duplain Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Duplain 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.