Elmer Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Elmer Township report 103 jobs, and 313 of its residents work somewhere. Elmer Township grades D for jobs and income and B for walkability. Hardly any stay in Elmer Township for work; outside it, Comins Township is the main destination (11%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Elmer Township: the gist
A lot of Elmer Township works one town over
31% of working residents work in a town that borders Elmer Township: Comins Township (11%), Big Creek Township (11%) and Albert Township (6%). Next door ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 313 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Elmer Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Elmer Township is better than 7% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Elmer Township’s grade up ($62,386, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Elmer 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Elmer Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Elmer Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
The daily commute in and out of Elmer Township
On a workday 310 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Elmer Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 Elmer Township goes to work
Where Elmer 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.
In Elmer Township, 75% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elmer Township, 2011 → 2021: 73 → 103. 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 Elmer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Elmer Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elmer Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 330 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.
Driving is how Elmer Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elmer Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 36.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 355 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). 29.0% of Elmer Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Elmer Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Elmer Township ranks 3,727th 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+ |
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| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
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| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,725 | Roscoe TX | 1,208 | $56K | 19.6% | 5.2% | 12% | D |
| 3,726 | Union Township IN | 1,600 | $31K | 14.3% | 4.2% | 5% | D |
| 3,727 | Elmer Township MI | 1,205 | $62K | 18.0% | 2.2% | 1% | D |
| 3,728 | Coventry VT | 1,059 | $59K | 19.6% | 20.2% | 5% | D |
| 3,729 | Snow Hill NC | 1,588 | $32K | 40.2% | 7.4% | 14% | 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 Elmer Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Elmer Township and its neighbors: 31% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elmer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Township | – | D | B | 22 min | $62,386 |
| Comins Township | 11% | D | B− | 25 min | $52,500 |
| Clinton Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Albert Township | 6% | D− | C+ | 19 min | $54,423 |
| Big Creek Township | 11% | D− | C | 32 min | $48,438 |
| Greenwood Township | 3% | D− | D | 37 min | $44,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clinton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Comins Township. Darker towns draw more of Elmer 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 Elmer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elmer Township?
$62,386 (±$5,046) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elmer Township?
18.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elmer Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elmer Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Comins Township (11%, 8 mi), Big Creek Township (11%, 11 mi), Albert Township (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Elmer Township walkable?
Elmer Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 36% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elmer Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elmer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmer 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.