Household incomes in Fruitport are higher than in 61% of U.S. towns
5.0% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.2% across Michigan. The two grades for Fruitport are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fruitport’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Fruitport is better than 82% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($84,306, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Fruitport’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, Fruitport could be anywhere from B− to A+.
In and out of Fruitport on a workday
On a workday 461 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 523 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 (1.13 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.
Where Fruitport’s working residents head each day
Where Fruitport clocks in
14% 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.
Inside Fruitport’s 533 jobs
533 jobs are based in Fruitport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fruitport, 2011 → 2021: 242 → 533. 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 Fruitport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Fruitport
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fruitport workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 613 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.
How many miles Fruitport commutes
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.
In Fruitport, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fruitport is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 651 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). 1.3% of Fruitport households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fruitport’s commuters take a bus or train.
354th of 4,312: where Fruitport ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 352 | Waconia Township MN | 1,052 | $122K | 9.5% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 353 | Bodega Bay CA | 1,139 | $183K | 2.1% | 18.1% | 10% | A− |
| 354 | Fruitport MI | 1,176 | $84K | 5.0% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| 355 | Paradise UT | 1,058 | $110K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1% | A− |
| 356 | Adams Township OH | 1,013 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Fruitport, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 Fruitport: questions
What is the median household income in Fruitport?
$84,306 (±$27,336) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fruitport?
5.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fruitport?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fruitport work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muskegon (14%, 9 mi), Norton Shores (10%, 5 mi), Fruitport Township (9%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Fruitport walkable?
Fruitport is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fruitport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fruitport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fruitport
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.