Most of Fennville commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Fennville D; getting around on foot earns it B. Employers in Fennville report 421 jobs; 740 of its residents have a job. For 1% of workers, the job is at home (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fennville, in a few figures
Fennville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fennville went from 300 in 2011 to 421 in 2021, +40%. The jobs ↓
Few Fennville workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 740 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Fennville: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Fennville is better than 15% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Fennville’s grade up (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (24.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Fennville’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, Fennville could be anywhere from D to C+.
What Fennville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fennville, 2011 → 2021: 300 → 421. 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 Fennville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fennville workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 687 commuters (the 1% 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 many people are in Fennville by day
On a workday 708 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 389 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Fennville on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
21% of working residents work in Holland
Where Fennville clocks in
21% of workers
12% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fennville
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 Fennville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fennville is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 697 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). 4.8% of Fennville households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fennville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Fennville is 4,443rd among 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 249 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,441 | Zeigler IL | 1,456 | $42K | 16.2% | 10.4% | 6% | D |
| 4,442 | Lewisport KY | 1,747 | $56K | 21.3% | 5.0% | 4% | D |
| 4,443 | Fennville MI | 1,724 | $59K | 24.9% | 3.4% | 4% | D |
| 4,444 | Gruetli-Laager TN | 1,786 | $47K | 10.2% | 8.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,445 | Hildale UT | 1,319 | $79K | 19.3% | 8.9% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 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 Fennville, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Fennville
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fennville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fennville | – | D | B | 22 min | $59,167 |
| Manlius Township | 1% | A− | C− | 26 min | $88,646 |
| Clyde Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 25 min | $72,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manlius Township. Darker towns draw more of Fennville’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 Fennville: questions
What is the median household income in Fennville?
$59,167 (±$24,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fennville?
24.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fennville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fennville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Holland (21%, 12 mi), Holland Township (12%, 16 mi), Zeeland (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Fennville walkable?
Fennville is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fennville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fennville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fennville
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.