Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Erwin Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Erwin Township for work; outside it, Watersmeet Township is the main destination (24%, 43 miles). Employers in Erwin Township report 12 jobs for 62 working residents. 2% of workers work from home, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Erwin Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Erwin Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
The towns that employ Erwin Township’s residents
Where Erwin Township clocks in
18% 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.
Most jobs in Erwin Township are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Erwin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Erwin Township, about 14 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Erwin Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 commuters (the 2% 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.
How far Erwin Township’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
Work next door: 21% of Erwin Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Ironwood (18%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Erwin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin Township | – | — | — | 14 min | $67,500 |
| Ironwood | 18% | D− | B+ | 18 min | $41,250 |
| Bessemer Township | 3% | D− | C− | 22 min | $56,016 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Erwin 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 Erwin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Erwin Township?
$67,500 (±$16,865) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Erwin Township?
8.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Erwin Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Erwin Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watersmeet Township (24%, 43 mi), Ironwood (18%, 6 mi), Wakefield (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Erwin 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 Erwin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Erwin 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.