Photo: Rklawton · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Garden Township works elsewhere
44 jobs are based in Garden Township, against 221 working residents. Only 7% work in Garden Township; the top destination outside it is Escanaba (13%, 29 miles). For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Garden Township and work: the main findings
Garden Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 153 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (14 to 41 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Garden Township is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Garden Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
43% 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 ↓
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 221 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting from Garden Township: about 44 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garden Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 197 commuters (the 5% 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.
Who works in Garden Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 206 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Garden Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Garden Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 43% 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.
Commuting out of Garden Township: the destinations
Where Garden Township clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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 kinds of work in Garden Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garden Township, 2011 → 2021: 48 → 44. 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 Garden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work next door: 10% of Garden Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Garden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Township | – | — | — | 44 min | $51,838 |
| Inwood Township | 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Nahma Township | 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Thompson Township | 5% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Fairbanks Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Inwood Township, Nahma Township, Thompson Township and Fairbanks Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Thompson Township. Darker towns draw more of Garden 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 Garden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Garden Township?
$51,838 (±$5,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garden Township?
11.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garden Township?
44 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garden Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Escanaba (13%, 29 mi), Manistique (7%, 14 mi), Marquette (6%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Garden Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Garden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garden 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.