Household incomes in Inverness Township trail those of 80% of U.S. towns
7% of workers work from home (Michigan 14%). 8.7% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.2% across Michigan. The two grades for Inverness Township are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Inverness Township apart on work
Inverness Township and Cheboygan trade workers both ways
Cheboygan is the top workplace for Inverness Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Inverness Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Inverness Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Inverness Township fell from 982 in 2011 to 473 in 2021, −52%. 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 763 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Inverness Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Inverness Township is better than 19% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Inverness Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Inverness 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, Inverness Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
19% of working residents work in Cheboygan
Where Inverness Township clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
Inside Inverness Township’s 473 jobs
473 jobs are based in Inverness Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Inverness Township, 2011 → 2021: 982 → 473. 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 Inverness Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Inverness Township goes to work
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.
Inverness Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 742 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 452 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Inverness Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 trip to work from Inverness Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Inverness Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 833 commuters (the 7% 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.
Most of Inverness Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Inverness Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 895 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). 4.2% of Inverness Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Inverness Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Inverness Township ranks: 4,061st of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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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| 94 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 132 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 213 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 4,059 | East Rockingham NC | 2,779 | $34K | 31.0% | 2.9% | 1% | C− |
| 4,060 | Center Township KS | 1,778 | $56K | 8.2% | 1.0% | 52% | C− |
| 4,061 | Inverness Township MI | 2,173 | $56K | 8.7% | 3.6% | 3% | C− |
| 4,062 | Salisbury NY | 1,837 | $82K | 18.1% | 2.4% | 1% | C− |
| 4,063 | Clayton Township OH | 1,566 | $45K | 10.3% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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 Inverness Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
19% of Inverness Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Inverness Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness Township | – | C− | D | 20 min | $56,141 |
| Benton Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 15 min | $68,401 |
| Cheboygan | 19% | D− | A− | 22 min | $42,290 |
| Mullett Township | under 2% | B− | C | 33 min | $82,500 |
| Beaugrand Township | under 2% | C− | C | 18 min | $62,083 |
| Munro Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Munro Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cheboygan. Darker towns draw more of Inverness 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 Inverness Township: questions
What is the median household income in Inverness Township?
$56,141 (±$9,372) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Inverness Township?
8.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Inverness Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Inverness Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cheboygan (19%, 5 mi), Mackinaw Township (6%, 13 mi), Petoskey (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Inverness Township walkable?
Inverness Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Inverness 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 Inverness Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Inverness 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.