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Jobs & commute in Eveline Township

Eveline Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

Eveline Township has 80 jobs; 514 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Eveline Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C). Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Work in Eveline Township: the figures worth knowing

Eveline Township is a place people come home to

There are 80 jobs based in Eveline Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eveline Township has about 1,100 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

A lot of Eveline Township works one town over

26% of working residents work in a town that borders Eveline Township: Boyne City (13%), Charlevoix Township (6%) and South Arm Township (4%). Next door ↓

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 514 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

Jobs & income grade

Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Eveline Township

Household income holds Eveline Township’s grade up ($101,964, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.

Household income $101,964 (±$12,137) · MI $72,875 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 78% of U.S. towns
Poverty 8.0% · MI 13.2% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 61% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 8% of U.S. towns

Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Eveline 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.

CB+

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eveline Township could be anywhere from C to B+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · Day and night

Who commutes out of Eveline Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 505 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.

505live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
71work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,500
Workday1,100
1,500live here− 510head out to work+ 71come in to work= 1,100on a workday

About 1,100 people are in Eveline Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.16jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

13% of working residents work in Boyne City

Charlevoix: 56 residents work here (11%)East Jordan: 45 residents work here (9%)Boyne City: 65 residents work here (13%)Petoskey: 34 residents work here (7%)Evangeline TownshipEveline TownshipWilson TownshipBear Creek Township: 15 residents work here (3%)Hayes TownshipSouth Arm Township: 19 residents work here (4%)Charlevoix Township: 29 residents work here (6%)Boyne Valley Township: 22 residents work here (4%)Marion Township: 14 residents work here (3%)Norwood TownshipAdvanceBoyne CityCharlevoixEast JordanPetoskeyCharlevoix TownshipBoyne Valley TownshipEveline Township
1
Boyne City7.5 mi away
13%65
2
Charlevoix6.6 mi away
11%56
3
East Jordan5.4 mi away
9%45
4
Petoskey13 mi away
7%34
56%29
64%22
74%19
83%15
9
Marion Township5.2 mi away
3%14
10
Eveline Township (in town)right here
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%206
The top trips

Where Eveline 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.

The jobs

Factories, building and farms: 66% of the jobs in Eveline Township

Jobs based in Eveline TownshipJobs Eveline Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms66%22%
Trade, transport & utilities4%15%
Services: health, schools, offices30%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%30%
Over $3,333 a month46%49%

Who does it

29 or younger13%18%
30 to 5450%51%
55 and older38%31%
+100%

Jobs based in Eveline Township, 2011 → 2021: 40 → 80. 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 Eveline Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 23 minutes from Eveline Township

A year of commuting
175 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Eveline Township23 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
16%

of Eveline Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Eveline Township gets to work
85%Drive alone
7%Carpool
1%Transit
1%Walk
6%Other

Share of the 531 commuters (the 16% 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

How far Eveline Township goes to work

10 mi25 mi30 miBoyne City: 13% · 7.5 miCharlevoix: 11% · 6.6 miEast Jordan: 9% · 5.4 miPetoskey: 7% · 13 miCharlevoix Township: 6% · 7.5 miBoyne Valley Township: 4% · 15.3 miSouth Arm Township: 4% · 5.6 miBear Creek Township: 3% · 14.5 miMarion Township: 3% · 5.2 miBoyne City 13%Charlevoix 11%East Jordan 9%Petoskey 7%Charlevoix Township 6%Eveline Township
Eveline TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi244 residents
24%10–24 mi122 residents
8%25–50 mi39 residents
21%Over 50 mi109 residents

About 21% 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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

Driving is how Eveline Township gets around

How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.1.

EPA walkability index 5.1 of 20 · typical MI town 5.4 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 22% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 1.7% of commuters · MI 3.8% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 40% of U.S. towns
CC

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 629 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). 0.4% of Eveline Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Eveline Township’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Eveline Township next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000: 1,992nd of 5,397 on jobs and income

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Somerset MD1,151$250K1.9%2.3%<1%A+
2Chevy Chase Village MD1,978$250K1.2%2.6%3%A+
3Bellerose NY1,169$232K1.6%6.1%1%A+
…
86Caledonia MI1,778$106K3.7%0.5%2%A+
…
146Dimondale MI1,183$111K3.2%4.6%2%A+
…
185Wheatfield Township MI1,659$117K1.9%2.7%1%A
…
1,990Mount Pleasant Township KS1,271$69K3.3%1.3%8%B−
1,991Dedham ME1,673$111K9.0%3.5%3%B−
1,992Eveline Township MI1,502$102K8.0%1.6%2%B−
1,993Silver Creek Township MN1,222$88K6.4%5.6%8%B−
1,994Orange Township OH1,127$110K20.2%5.0%1%B−
…
5,397Paraje NM1,333$33K61.7%0.0%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 Eveline Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.

Next door

Eveline Township and its neighbors: 26% work next door

The biggest share goes to Boyne City (13%).

Jobs & commute next door

TownEveline Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Eveline Township–B−C23 min$101,964
South Arm Township4%C+C24 min$84,107
Evangeline Townshipunder 2%——22 min—
Marion Township3%BC18 min$99,417
Hayes Townshipunder 2%B+C−23 min$82,083
Boyne City13%CB+15 min$64,855
Wilson Townshipunder 2%B−D−22 min$94,844
Charlevoix Township6%B−B+15 min$80,781

Same-state neighbors only. Evangeline Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Eveline Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Eveline Township: questions

What is the median household income in Eveline Township?

$101,964 (±$12,137) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Eveline Township?

8.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Eveline Township?

23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Eveline Township work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boyne City (13%, 8 mi), Charlevoix (11%, 7 mi), East Jordan (9%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).

Is Eveline Township walkable?

Eveline Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Eveline Township without a car?

1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Eveline Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Eveline Township

Eveline Township home →

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.