With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Excelsior Township works elsewhere
4% of workers work from home; Michigan has 14%. Excelsior Township has 55 jobs, and 322 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Excelsior Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Excelsior Township: the gist
Excelsior Township is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Excelsior Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Excelsior Township has about 770 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Excelsior Township and Kalkaska Township trade workers both ways
Kalkaska Township is the top workplace for Excelsior Township residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Excelsior Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Excelsior Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 322 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Excelsior Township’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds Excelsior Township’s grade up (12.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (9.3%) is left out: Excelsior 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.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Excelsior Township could be anywhere from D to C.
How a workday changes Excelsior Township
On a workday 320 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Excelsior Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
27% of working residents work in Kalkaska Township
Where Excelsior Township clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Excelsior Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Excelsior Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 403 commuters (the 4% 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.
Jobs in Excelsior Township: what the 55 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Excelsior Township, 2011 → 2021: 52 → 55. 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 Excelsior Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Excelsior Township commutes
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.
The commute in Excelsior Township is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 421 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). 2.4% of Excelsior Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Excelsior Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Excelsior Township places 2,263rd of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
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| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
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| 2,261 | Millington MI | 1,003 | $56K | 18.9% | 5.1% | 4% | C− |
| 2,262 | Boonville NC | 1,203 | $68K | 16.0% | 3.8% | 3% | C− |
| 2,263 | Excelsior Township MI | 1,034 | $66K | 12.5% | 9.3% | 1% | C− |
| 2,264 | Blair WI | 1,292 | $60K | 16.7% | 3.8% | 7% | C− |
| 2,265 | Rock River Township MI | 1,230 | $63K | 10.8% | 5.4% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Excelsior Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
27% of Excelsior Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Excelsior Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Township | – | C− | D | 31 min | $66,250 |
| Oliver Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Kalkaska Township | 27% | C+ | B | 24 min | $64,253 |
| Coldsprings Township | under 2% | D | D− | 35 min | $61,198 |
| Bear Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Orange Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $70,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Oliver Township and Bear Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kalkaska Township. Darker towns draw more of Excelsior 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 Excelsior Township: questions
What is the median household income in Excelsior Township?
$66,250 (±$8,975) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Excelsior Township?
12.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Excelsior Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Excelsior Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalkaska Township (27%, 9 mi), Traverse City (9%, 28 mi), Garfield Township (5%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Excelsior Township walkable?
Excelsior Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Excelsior 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 Excelsior Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Excelsior 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.