Most of Emmett Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Emmett Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (C). Employers in Emmett Township report 179 jobs for 1,140 working residents. At home: 6% of workers have no commute at all (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Emmett Township, in brief
Emmett Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Emmett Township is a place people come home to
There are 179 jobs based in Emmett Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Emmett Township has about 1,600 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Emmett Township: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Emmett Township’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Emmett Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
A commute of about 41 minutes in Emmett Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Emmett Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,336 commuters (the 6% 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.
Emmett Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,112 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Emmett Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 Emmett Township’s working residents head each day
Where Emmett 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.
Jobs in Emmett Township: what the 179 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Emmett Township, 2011 → 2021: 158 → 179. 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 Emmett Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Emmett Township
About 15% 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.
Emmett Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,419 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). 2.1% of Emmett Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Emmett Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Emmett Township next to U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400: 1,567th of 4,868 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,565 | Spring Grove PA | 2,520 | $77K | 9.6% | 4.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,566 | Shiner TX | 2,165 | $99K | 5.7% | 3.3% | 18% | B |
| 1,567 | Emmett Township MI | 2,515 | $97K | 3.1% | 4.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,568 | Sandy Township OH | 2,941 | $59K | 11.5% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,569 | Bloomingdale GA | 3,077 | $60K | 9.5% | 0.7% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | 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 Emmett Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Emmett Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Emmett Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Township | – | B | C | 41 min | $96,809 |
| Kenockee Township | under 3% | D | D− | 39 min | $61,750 |
| Mussey Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 39 min | $66,350 |
| Brockway Township | under 3% | C | C− | 41 min | $81,813 |
| Emmett | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Riley Township | under 3% | A− | D− | 34 min | $97,262 |
Same-state neighbors only. Emmett: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Emmett 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 Emmett Township: questions
What is the median household income in Emmett Township?
$96,809 (±$13,464) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Emmett Township?
3.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Emmett Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Emmett Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (6%, 47 mi), Clinton Township (6%, 30 mi), Port Huron (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Emmett Township walkable?
Emmett Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Emmett Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Emmett Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emmett 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.