Gladwin Township’s household incomes are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 6% of workers, against 14% across Michigan. 18.7% of residents live below the poverty line, where Michigan as a whole has 13.2%. The two grades for Gladwin Township are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Gladwin Township in brief
Gladwin Township and Gladwin trade workers both ways
Gladwin is the top workplace for Gladwin Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Gladwin Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Gladwin 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 351 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Gladwin Township
On income, poverty and job access, Gladwin Township is better than 7% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Gladwin Township’s grade up ($58,906, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (5.9%) is left out: Gladwin 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, Gladwin Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
16% of working residents work in Gladwin
Where Gladwin Township clocks in
13% 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.
Gladwin Township’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gladwin Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 323 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 people are in Gladwin Township by day
On a workday 346 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 237 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.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Gladwin Township makes things: 77% of its jobs are in goods
242 jobs are based in Gladwin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gladwin Township, 2011 → 2021: 80 → 242. 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 Gladwin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Gladwin Township
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.
Driving is how Gladwin Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gladwin Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 342 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). 11.8% of Gladwin Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gladwin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gladwin Township places 3,764th of 4,312 on jobs and income 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+ |
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| 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,762 | Capitan NM | 1,402 | $53K | 14.4% | 6.5% | 10% | D |
| 3,763 | Sangerville ME | 1,336 | $50K | 13.5% | 6.9% | 3% | D |
| 3,764 | Gladwin Township MI | 1,151 | $59K | 18.7% | 5.9% | 1% | D |
| 3,765 | Wilhoit AZ | 1,101 | $58K | 15.9% | 7.5% | 1% | D |
| 3,766 | Bear Creek AL | 1,054 | $50K | 16.4% | 8.2% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Gladwin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
16% of Gladwin Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gladwin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gladwin Township | – | D | B− | 29 min | $58,906 |
| Butman Township | under 2% | D | D− | 32 min | $61,989 |
| Gladwin | 16% | D− | B | 20 min | $43,005 |
| Sage Township | under 2% | D | D | 25 min | $57,424 |
| Secord Township | under 2% | D | D | 36 min | $70,125 |
| Buckeye Township | under 2% | D− | D− | 37 min | $52,708 |
| Hay Township | under 2% | D | D | 39 min | $64,432 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gladwin. Darker towns draw more of Gladwin 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 Gladwin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gladwin Township?
$58,906 (±$10,251) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gladwin Township?
18.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gladwin 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 Gladwin Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gladwin (16%, 5 mi), Midland (13%, 30 mi), Beaverton (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Gladwin Township walkable?
Gladwin Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gladwin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gladwin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gladwin 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.