Most of Hartwick Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
3% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. Employers in Hartwick Township report 16 jobs for 196 working residents. Hardly any work in Hartwick Township itself; outside it, Evart draws the most (23%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Hartwick Township by day
On a workday 196 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Hartwick Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The towns that employ Hartwick Township’s residents
Where Hartwick Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Hartwick Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hartwick Township, 2011 → 2021: 13 → 16. 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 Hartwick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hartwick Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 commuters (the 3% 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.
The commute from Hartwick Township, by distance
About 31% 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.
Hartwick Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hartwick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwick Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $67,143 |
| Rose Lake Township | under 3% | D | D | 32 min | $62,083 |
| Highland Township | under 3% | C− | C | 23 min | $77,174 |
| Osceola Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Middle Branch Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Osceola Township: not graded. Middle Branch Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hartwick 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 Hartwick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hartwick Township?
$67,143 (±$4,962) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hartwick Township?
16.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hartwick Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hartwick Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evart (23%, 9 mi), Cadillac (9%, 18 mi), Marion Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Hartwick Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hartwick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hartwick 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.