Jobs, income and commuting in Ewing Township, MI
Working residents average 41 minutes each way (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Ewing Township; the top destination outside it is Forsyth Township (25%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
25% of working residents work in Forsyth Township
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Ewing Township clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Ewing Township makes things: 60% of its jobs are in goods
52 jobs are based in Ewing Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ewing Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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.
About 41 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ewing Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Ewing Township commutes less than 32 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 22% 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.
25% of Ewing Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Forsyth Township (25%). Darker towns draw more of Ewing Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ewing Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewing Township | – | — | — | 41 min | $86,250 |
| Wells Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Maple Ridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Turin Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Forsyth Township | 25% | C | C− | 24 min | $62,018 |
| Baldwin Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wells Township, Maple Ridge Township, Turin Township and Baldwin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Ewing Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ewing Township?
$86,250 (±$40,730) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ewing Township?
3.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ewing Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ewing Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Forsyth Township (25%, 11 mi), Marquette (14%, 32 mi), Ishpeming (8%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Ewing Township without a car?
0% 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 Ewing Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ewing 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.