Most of Ganges Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Ganges Township has 349 jobs, and 1,091 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Ganges Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 6% work in Ganges Township itself; outside it, Holland draws the most (17%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Ganges Township, in brief
Jobs & income in Ganges Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ganges Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #432 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Ganges Township’s grade up ($77,675, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ganges Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Goods, not services: 63% of the jobs in Ganges Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ganges Township, 2011 → 2021: 174 → 349. 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 Ganges Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Ganges Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,023 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Ganges Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Ganges Township’s working residents head each day
Where Ganges Township clocks in
17% of workers
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.
About 25 minutes each way, about the MI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ganges Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 958 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.
Half of Ganges Township commutes less than 20 miles
About 16% 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.
The commute in Ganges Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ganges Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #395 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,083 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). 1.9% of Ganges Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ganges Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ganges Township next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600: 2,454th of 4,797 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 127 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 216 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
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| 2,452 | Newton IL | 2,715 | $62K | 11.1% | 1.3% | 25% | B− |
| 2,453 | Covington OH | 2,635 | $60K | 5.3% | 7.1% | 13% | B− |
| 2,454 | Ganges Township MI | 2,676 | $78K | 13.0% | 4.4% | 6% | B− |
| 2,455 | Pokagon Township MI | 2,084 | $72K | 9.0% | 5.2% | 3% | B− |
| 2,456 | Pamelia NY | 3,238 | $67K | 10.4% | 2.7% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Ganges Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Ganges Township
The biggest share goes to Saugatuck Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ganges Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganges Township | – | B− | C | 25 min | $77,675 |
| Clyde Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 25 min | $72,083 |
| Casco Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 30 min | $84,637 |
| Saugatuck Township | 2% | A | B | 23 min | $93,618 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ganges 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 Ganges Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ganges Township?
$77,675 (±$5,284) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ganges Township?
13.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ganges Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ganges Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Holland (17%, 16 mi), Holland Township (8%, 20 mi), Zeeland (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Ganges Township walkable?
Ganges Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ganges Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ganges Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ganges 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.