Hiawatha Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hiawatha Township has 84 jobs, and 435 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Hiawatha Township are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 5% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hiawatha Township and work: the main findings
A lot of Hiawatha Township works one town over
40% of working residents work in a town that borders Hiawatha Township: Manistique (31%) and Thompson Township (9%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Hiawatha Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hiawatha Township fell from 610 in 2011 to 84 in 2021, −86%. 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 ↓
Hiawatha Township is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Hiawatha Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hiawatha Township has about 980 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 435 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Hiawatha Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hiawatha Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hiawatha Township’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Hiawatha 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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hiawatha Township could be anywhere from C+ to B.
Goods, not services: 46% of the jobs in Hiawatha Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hiawatha Township, 2011 → 2021: 610 → 84. 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 Hiawatha Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Hiawatha Township by day
On a workday 429 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Hiawatha Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
31% of working residents work in Manistique
Where Hiawatha Township clocks in
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.
Commuting from Hiawatha Township: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hiawatha Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 553 commuters (the 5% 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 Hiawatha Township, by distance
About 34% 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.
Getting around Hiawatha Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hiawatha Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 582 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). 3.1% of Hiawatha Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hiawatha Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hiawatha Township is 1,919th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,917 | Winter Park CO | 1,217 | $69K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 36% | B− |
| 1,918 | Inman KS | 1,309 | $59K | 4.2% | 3.6% | 5% | B− |
| 1,919 | Hiawatha Township MI | 1,326 | $79K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,920 | Richfield WI | 1,652 | $82K | 8.6% | 3.1% | <1% | B− |
| 1,921 | Silver Grove KY | 1,333 | $47K | 7.5% | 8.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Hiawatha Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 40% of Hiawatha Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Manistique (31%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hiawatha Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiawatha Township | – | B− | B− | 19 min | $79,196 |
| Manistique Township | under 3% | D | D− | 16 min | $52,639 |
| Thompson Township | 9% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Munising Township | under 3% | D | C− | 22 min | $62,227 |
| Inwood Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Seney Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Manistique | 31% | D | A | 14 min | $38,446 |
| Burt Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Thompson Township, Inwood Township, Seney Township and Burt Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hiawatha 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 Hiawatha Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hiawatha Township?
$79,196 (±$12,220) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hiawatha Township?
3.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hiawatha Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hiawatha Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manistique (31%, 19 mi), Thompson Township (9%, 18 mi), Sault Ste. Marie (6%, 95 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Hiawatha Township walkable?
Hiawatha Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hiawatha Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hiawatha Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hiawatha 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.