Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Green Lake Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 1,321 jobs in Green Lake Township, against 2,789 working residents. The two grades for Green Lake Township are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 6% work in Green Lake Township; the top destination outside it is Traverse City (35%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Green Lake Township: the figures worth knowing
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Green Lake Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Green Lake Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #315 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Green Lake Township’s grade up ($92,784, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
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, Green Lake Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The towns that employ Green Lake Township’s residents
Where Green Lake Township clocks in
35% of workers
17% of workers
3% 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.
Who commutes out of Green Lake Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,613 residents head out to work, 176 work right here, and 1,145 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Green Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
What Green Lake Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Lake Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,212 → 1,321. 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 Green Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Green Lake Township spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Lake Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,268 commuters (the 18% 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 far it is to work from Green Lake Township
About 21% 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.
For most of Green Lake Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Green Lake Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #486 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Green Lake Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,998 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.0% of Green Lake Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Green Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,200, Green Lake Township ranks 1,482nd of 3,168 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Plymouth MI | 9,164 | $112K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,480 | Glenwood IA | 5,287 | $72K | 11.8% | 2.7% | 24% | B |
| 1,481 | Lemoyne PA | 4,801 | $62K | 12.5% | 2.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,482 | Green Lake Township MI | 6,822 | $93K | 8.1% | 3.1% | 6% | B |
| 1,483 | Finley WA | 5,634 | $92K | 5.1% | 5.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,484 | East Rochester NY | 6,132 | $73K | 7.5% | 5.8% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,168 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Green Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Green Lake Township
The biggest share goes to Blair Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Lake Township | – | B | C− | 24 min | $92,784 |
| Long Lake Township | 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $96,220 |
| Grant Township | under 1% | C+ | D− | 27 min | $81,250 |
| Inland Township | under 1% | B | C | 27 min | $80,759 |
| Blair Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 19 min | $71,582 |
| Grawn | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Bendon | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Colfax Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grawn and Bendon: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Colfax Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green Lake 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 Green Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Green Lake Township?
$92,784 (±$16,260) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Lake Township?
8.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Lake Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Lake Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (35%, 10 mi), Garfield Township (17%, 8 mi), Blair Township (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Green Lake Township walkable?
Green Lake Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Lake 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.