Most of Homestead Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
393 jobs are based in Homestead Township; 809 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Homestead Township are C for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 6% work in Homestead Township; the top destination outside it is Traverse City (19%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Homestead Township
Homestead Township makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Homestead Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Homestead Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Homestead Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Homestead Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Homestead Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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 809 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Homestead Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Homestead Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Homestead Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
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, Homestead Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
In Homestead Township, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Homestead Township, 2011 → 2021: 329 → 393. 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 Homestead Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Homestead Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Homestead Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,144 commuters (the 10% 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 daily flow of workers through Homestead Township
On a workday 764 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 348 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Homestead Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 Homestead Township’s residents
Where Homestead Township clocks in
19% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Homestead 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.
Most trips from Homestead Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Homestead Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,271 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). 1.0% of Homestead Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Homestead Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Homestead Township comes 3,693rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 96 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 138 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,691 | New Concord OH | 2,473 | $70K | 15.7% | 6.0% | 11% | C |
| 3,692 | Vernonia OR | 2,412 | $83K | 10.0% | 6.6% | 12% | C |
| 3,693 | Homestead Township MI | 2,419 | $62K | 12.8% | 4.0% | 6% | C |
| 3,694 | Machias NY | 2,294 | $59K | 20.1% | 2.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,695 | Cohocton NY | 2,202 | $65K | 15.0% | 3.9% | 8% | C |
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| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Homestead Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 13% of Homestead Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Benzonia Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Homestead Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead Township | – | C | B | 31 min | $62,061 |
| Platte Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Weldon Township | 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Inland Township | under 2% | B | C | 27 min | $80,759 |
| Benzonia Township | 9% | C | B | 18 min | $72,500 |
| Almira Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $90,278 |
Same-state neighbors only. Platte Township and Weldon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Homestead 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 Homestead Township: questions
What is the median household income in Homestead Township?
$62,061 (±$10,869) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Homestead Township?
12.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Homestead Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Homestead Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (19%, 20 mi), Garfield Township (10%, 18 mi), Benzonia Township (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Homestead Township walkable?
Homestead Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Homestead Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Homestead Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Homestead 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.