Hawes Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The two grades for Hawes Township are C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Employers in Hawes Township report 101 jobs; 269 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in Hawes Township for work; outside it, Alpena is the main destination (11%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hawes Township
Fewer jobs are based in Hawes Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hawes Township fell from 316 in 2011 to 101 in 2021, −68%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Hawes Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hawes Township is Alpena, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (29) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 269 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Hawes Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hawes Township is better than 21% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hawes Township’s grade up (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Hawes 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, Hawes Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Factories, building and farms: 64% of the jobs in Hawes Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hawes Township, 2011 → 2021: 316 → 101. 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 Hawes Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Hawes Township to work
About 37% 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.
Hawes Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Hawes Township on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 Hawes Township goes to work
Where Hawes Township clocks in
11% 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Hawes Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hawes Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 366 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.
Driving is how Hawes Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hawes Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 391 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). 7.9% of Hawes Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hawes Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hawes Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 2,511th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,509 | Natalia TX | 1,373 | $46K | 24.1% | 3.0% | 3% | C− |
| 2,510 | Frankfort ME | 1,248 | $80K | 16.4% | 1.6% | 1% | C− |
| 2,511 | Hawes Township MI | 1,111 | $68K | 10.2% | 5.5% | 3% | C− |
| 2,512 | Deerfield Township OH | 1,059 | $79K | 22.3% | 2.4% | <1% | C− |
| 2,513 | Mancos CO | 1,266 | $66K | 10.7% | 2.4% | 21% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Hawes Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
10% of Hawes Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hawes Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawes Township | – | C− | C | 27 min | $67,500 |
| Alcona Township | under 3% | — | — | 47 min | — |
| Mitchell Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Millen Township | under 3% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Gustin Township | 10% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Haynes Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lost Lake Woods | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Alcona Township: not graded. Mitchell Township, Millen Township, Gustin Township and Haynes Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lost Lake Woods: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gustin Township. Darker towns draw more of Hawes 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 Hawes Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hawes Township?
$67,500 (±$10,586) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hawes Township?
10.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hawes Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hawes Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alpena (11%, 25 mi), Gustin Township (10%, 5 mi), Alpena Township (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Hawes Township walkable?
Hawes Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hawes 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 Hawes Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hawes 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.