Photo: James Phelps from USA · CC BY 2.0Interior Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
8 jobs are based in Interior Township, and 77 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Interior Township; the top destination outside it is Watersmeet Township (17%, 15 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Interior Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Interior 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.
Where the trip to work from Interior Township ends
Where Interior 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.
Services make up most of the work in Interior Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Interior Township, 2011 → 2021: 28 → 8. 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 Interior Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Interior Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Interior Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Interior Township
About 30% 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.
Interior Township and its neighbors: 30% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Interior Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interior Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $42,500 |
| Haight Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Stannard Township | 13% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Duncan Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Watersmeet Township | 17% | C | B− | 22 min | $72,708 |
| Iron River Township | under 3% | D | C | 23 min | $55,655 |
Same-state neighbors only. Haight Township, Stannard Township and Duncan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Watersmeet Township. Darker towns draw more of Interior 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 Interior Township: questions
What is the median household income in Interior Township?
$42,500 (±$18,141) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Interior Township?
19.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Interior Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Interior Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watersmeet Township (17%, 15 mi), Stannard Township (13%, 11 mi), Bessemer (6%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Interior Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Interior Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Interior 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.