Flynn Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26. There are 120 jobs in Flynn Township; 312 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Flynn Township itself; outside it, Brown City draws the most (10%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Flynn Township and work: the main findings
Flynn Township works in goods: 58% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flynn Township, 2011 → 2021: 335 → 120. 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 Flynn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Flynn Township
On a workday 309 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Flynn Township 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.
Where people from Flynn Township work
Where Flynn Township clocks in
7% 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.
The trip to work from Flynn Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flynn Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 411 commuters (the 12% 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 Flynn Township
About 29% 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.
Work in the towns next to Flynn Township
The biggest share goes to Maple Valley Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flynn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flynn Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $53,125 |
| Maple Valley Township | 2% | D | C+ | 36 min | $60,938 |
| Elk Township | 2% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $62,266 |
| Marlette Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Elmer Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Burnside Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 33 min | $75,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marlette Township: not graded. Elmer Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Flynn 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 Flynn Township: questions
What is the median household income in Flynn Township?
$53,125 (±$24,427) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flynn Township?
25.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flynn Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flynn Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brown City (10%, 6 mi), Sandusky (7%, 10 mi), Marlette (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Flynn Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flynn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flynn 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.