Fork Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Measured by household income, Fork Township is behind 80% of U.S. towns. There are 110 jobs in Fork Township for 567 working residents. Fork Township grades D for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fork Township, in a few figures
Fork Township is a place people come home to
There are 110 jobs based in Fork Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fork Township has about 1,200 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fork Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 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 567 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Fork Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Fork Township is better than 9% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Fork Township’s grade up (14.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.7%) is left out: Fork 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, Fork Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How a workday changes Fork Township
On a workday 543 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Fork Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Fork Township
About 34% 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Fork Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fork Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 515 commuters (the 6% 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.
8% of working residents work in Evart
Where Fork Township clocks in
8% 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.
What Fork Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fork Township, 2011 → 2021: 61 → 110. 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 Fork Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Fork Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fork Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 547 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.0% of Fork Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fork Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fork Township is 4,900th of 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+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 4,898 | Latta SC | 1,235 | $48K | 22.4% | 13.4% | 5% | D |
| 4,899 | De Kalb TX | 1,455 | $50K | 18.8% | 3.8% | 16% | D |
| 4,900 | Fork Township MI | 1,700 | $56K | 14.7% | 7.7% | 4% | D |
| 4,901 | Lebanon NY | 1,328 | $67K | 24.2% | 19.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,902 | Edisto SC | 1,801 | $47K | 25.2% | 0.2% | 1% | 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 Fork Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Fork Township
The biggest share goes to Sheridan Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fork Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Township | – | D | C | 29 min | $56,161 |
| Coldwater Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Sheridan Township | 3% | D | D | 30 min | $49,800 |
| Chippewa Township | under 3% | D | B− | 28 min | $59,107 |
| Orient Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Coldwater Township and Orient Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fork 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 Fork Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fork Township?
$56,161 (±$8,241) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fork Township?
14.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fork Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fork Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evart (8%, 11 mi), Big Rapids (8%, 17 mi), Wheatland Township (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Fork Township walkable?
Fork Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fork Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fork Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fork 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.