Vista Theater · Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Ely Township works elsewhere
Employers in Ely Township report 126 jobs, against 692 working residents. Jobs and income earn Ely Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−. 3% of workers work from home, 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
What stands out about work in Ely Township
Ely Township is a place people come home to
There are 126 jobs based in Ely Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ely Township has about 1,400 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Ely Township works in Ishpeming
221 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Ishpeming, 7.3 miles away. That’s 16 times as many as work in Ely Township itself. The commute map ↓
Ely Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 692 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Ely Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Ely Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ely Township’s grade up (5.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Ely 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, Ely Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Ely Township
On a workday 677 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Ely Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
32% of working residents work in Ishpeming
Where Ely Township clocks in
32% of workers
19% of workers
8% 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.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Ely Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ely Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 914 commuters (the 3% 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.
The kinds of work in Ely Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ely Township, 2011 → 2021: 88 → 126. 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 Ely Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ely Township
About 18% 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.
Ely Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ely Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 940 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). 3.9% of Ely Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ely Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ely Township places 1,747th of 5,234 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 196 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,745 | Robb Township IN | 1,748 | $59K | 6.6% | 2.1% | 7% | B |
| 1,746 | Gore Township KS | 1,970 | $70K | 9.1% | 7.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,747 | Ely Township MI | 1,939 | $100K | 5.0% | 2.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,748 | Sodus Township MI | 1,977 | $78K | 7.4% | 4.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,749 | Winsted MN | 2,209 | $67K | 11.3% | 0.8% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | 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 Ely Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Ely Township
The biggest share goes to Ishpeming Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ely Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ely Township | – | B | C− | 31 min | $100,104 |
| Tilden Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 23 min | $67,596 |
| Humboldt Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Champion Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Ishpeming Township | 8% | B− | C | 21 min | $94,271 |
| West Branch Township | under 2% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Felch Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Sagola Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 26 min | $78,333 |
Same-state neighbors only. Humboldt Township, Champion Township, West Branch Township and Felch Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ely 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 Ely Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ely Township?
$100,104 (±$12,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ely Township?
5.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ely Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ely Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ishpeming (32%, 7 mi), Marquette (19%, 22 mi), Ishpeming Township (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Ely Township walkable?
Ely Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ely Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ely Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ely 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.