Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Faithorn Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Faithorn Township has 9 jobs, and 80 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Faithorn Township for work; outside it, Harris Township is the main destination (14%, 20 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 44 minutes, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Faithorn Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Faithorn Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where Faithorn Township goes to work
Where Faithorn Township clocks in
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 89% of work in Faithorn Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Faithorn Township, 2011 → 2021: 7 → 9. 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 Faithorn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Faithorn Township’s commute takes about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Faithorn Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 commuters (the 20% 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.
The commute from Faithorn Township, by distance
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.
Next door to Faithorn Township
The biggest share goes to Meyer Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Faithorn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faithorn Township | – | — | — | 44 min | $60,625 |
| Nadeau Township | under 4% | D | C | 33 min | $54,500 |
| Meyer Township | 4% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Holmes Township | under 4% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Waucedah Township | under 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Norway Township | under 4% | C+ | C | 21 min | $90,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Meyer Township: not graded. Holmes Township and Waucedah Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Faithorn 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 Faithorn Township: questions
What is the median household income in Faithorn Township?
$60,625 (±$20,659) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Faithorn Township?
12.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Faithorn Township?
44 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Faithorn Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harris Township (14%, 20 mi), Spalding Township (13%, 14 mi), Iron Mountain (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Faithorn Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Faithorn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Faithorn 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.