With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Hendricks Township works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Hendricks Township itself; outside it, St. Ignace draws the most (13%, 26 miles). 6 jobs are based in Hendricks Township; 24 of its residents have a job. 4% of workers work from home (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hendricks Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 24 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Hendricks 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.
The places Hendricks Township commutes to
Where Hendricks Township clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
Goods, not services: 33% of the jobs in Hendricks Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hendricks Township, 2011 → 2021: 16 → 6. 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 Hendricks Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Hendricks Township: about 63 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 20 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hendricks Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hendricks Township
About 42% 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.
Hendricks Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hendricks Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendricks Township | – | — | — | 63 min | $46,250 |
| Moran Township | under 5% | C− | C+ | 20 min | $68,059 |
| Hudson Township | under 5% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Hulbert Township | under 5% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Trout Lake Township | under 5% | — | — | 45 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hudson Township, Hulbert Township and Trout Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hendricks 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 Hendricks Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hendricks Township?
$46,250 (±$12,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hendricks Township?
3.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hendricks Township?
63 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hendricks Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Ignace (13%, 26 mi), Sault Ste. Marie (13%, 44 mi), Petoskey (8%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Hendricks Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hendricks Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hendricks 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.