Bay Port Historic Commercial Fishing District · Photo: Michigan History Dividion · Public domainMost of Fairhaven Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Fairhaven Township report 133 jobs; 438 of its residents have a job. Fairhaven Township grades D for jobs and income and C for walkability. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fairhaven Township, in brief
A lot of Fairhaven Township works one town over
42% of working residents work in a town that borders Fairhaven Township: Winsor Township (32%), Sebewaing Township (5%) and Caseville Township (3%). Next door ↓
Fairhaven Township is a place people come home to
There are 133 jobs based in Fairhaven Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fairhaven Township has about 750 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Fairhaven Township averages 27 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (14 to 24 minutes). 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 438 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Fairhaven Township
On income, poverty and job access, Fairhaven Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Fairhaven Township’s grade up ($60,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Fairhaven 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, Fairhaven Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Who leaves Fairhaven Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 429 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Fairhaven Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
32% of working residents work in Winsor Township
Where Fairhaven 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.
56% of the jobs in Fairhaven Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairhaven Township, 2011 → 2021: 102 → 133. 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 Fairhaven Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Fairhaven Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairhaven Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 432 commuters (the 3% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Fairhaven Township
About 23% 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 Fairhaven Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fairhaven Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 447 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). 4.2% of Fairhaven Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Fairhaven Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Fairhaven Township is 2,550th among 3,133 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,548 | Marmaduke AR | 1,254 | $51K | 23.7% | 0.9% | 8% | D |
| 2,549 | Mineral Springs AR | 1,036 | $52K | 16.1% | 3.4% | 6% | D |
| 2,550 | Fairhaven Township MI | 1,059 | $61K | 15.2% | 0.6% | 2% | D |
| 2,551 | Mason TN | 1,342 | $48K | 31.0% | 6.1% | 2% | D |
| 2,552 | Woodbridge Township MI | 1,308 | $67K | 27.2% | 4.6% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Fairhaven Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 42% of Fairhaven Township
The biggest share goes to Winsor Township (32%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairhaven Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhaven Township | – | D | C | 27 min | $60,500 |
| Sebewaing Township | 5% | C− | A− | 20 min | $53,849 |
| Winsor Township | 32% | C− | A− | 17 min | $64,014 |
| McKinley Township | 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Caseville Township | 3% | D | C+ | 24 min | $58,594 |
Same-state neighbors only. McKinley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fairhaven 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 Fairhaven Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fairhaven Township?
$60,500 (±$8,282) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairhaven Township?
15.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairhaven Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairhaven Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winsor Township (32%, 9 mi), Bad Axe (7%, 24 mi), Sebewaing Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Fairhaven Township walkable?
Fairhaven Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairhaven Township without a car?
1% 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 Fairhaven Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairhaven 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.