Earning a living in Friendship Township
The average commute, 24 minutes each way, matches the Michigan norm. Only 6% work in Friendship Township itself; outside it, Petoskey draws the most (11%, 11 miles). Employers in Friendship Township report 266 jobs, against 287 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Friendship Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 271 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Friendship Township: the destinations
Where Friendship Township clocks in
11% 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 Friendship Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Friendship Township, 2011 → 2021: 79 → 266. 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 Friendship Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Friendship Township’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Friendship Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 349 commuters (the 15% 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.
Friendship Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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.
Friendship Township and its neighbors: 18% work next door
The biggest share goes to West Traverse Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Friendship Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $90,833 |
| Pleasantview Township | 7% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Readmond Township | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| West Traverse Township | 8% | B− | B− | 24 min | $93,929 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasantview Township and Readmond Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Friendship 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 Friendship Township: questions
What is the median household income in Friendship Township?
$90,833 (±$11,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Friendship Township?
6.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Friendship Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Friendship Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (11%, 11 mi), Harbor Springs (10%, 6 mi), West Traverse Township (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Friendship Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Friendship Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Friendship 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.