With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Evangeline Township works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average, where Michigan has 24 and the U.S. 26. Evangeline Township has 104 jobs; 280 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Evangeline Township itself; outside it, Petoskey draws the most (16%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Evangeline Township, in brief
Commuting out of Evangeline Township: the destinations
Where Evangeline Township clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Evangeline Township
On a workday 279 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Evangeline Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
81% of the jobs in Evangeline Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evangeline Township, 2011 → 2021: 17 → 104. 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 Evangeline Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Evangeline Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evangeline Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 282 commuters (the 11% 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.
Evangeline Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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 towns next door employ 17% of Evangeline Township
The biggest share goes to Boyne City (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Evangeline Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evangeline Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $77,938 |
| Boyne City | 14% | C | B+ | 15 min | $64,855 |
| Bay Township | 3% | B− | D | 21 min | $80,833 |
| Eveline Township | under 3% | B− | C | 23 min | $101,964 |
| Melrose Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 21 min | $97,059 |
| Resort Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 20 min | $103,929 |
| Horton Bay | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Horton Bay: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Evangeline 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 Evangeline Township: questions
What is the median household income in Evangeline Township?
$77,938 (±$6,546) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evangeline Township?
7.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evangeline Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evangeline Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (16%, 8 mi), Boyne City (14%, 3 mi), Charlevoix (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Evangeline Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Evangeline Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evangeline 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.