Vernier Street-Swan Creek Bridge · Photo: Notorious4life · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Ira Township (7.5%) than in 86% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Ira Township; the top destination outside it is Clinton Township (6%, 15 miles). Ira Township grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ira Township and work: the main findings
Ira Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Ira Township went from 906 in 2011 to 1,654 in 2021, +83%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Ira Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Clinton Township, gets only 6% of working residents, and 56% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Ira Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Ira Township makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in Ira Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ira Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Ira Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Ira Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ira Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #503 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Ira Township’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
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, poverty and unemployment, Ira Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Making and building: 49% of jobs based in Ira Township
1,654 jobs are based in Ira Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ira Township, 2011 → 2021: 906 → 1,654. 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 Ira Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Ira Township’s residents
Where Ira Township clocks in
Lines 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.
About 29 minutes each way for Ira Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ira Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,278 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.
Ira Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,197 residents head out to work, 134 work right here, and 1,520 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Ira Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.71 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.
How far Ira Township’s workers travel
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.
Few in Ira Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ira Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #269 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,523 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). 2.0% of Ira Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ira Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Ira Township is 2,409th of 3,627 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,407 | Clifton Heights PA | 6,835 | $71K | 15.6% | 17.1% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,408 | Boardman OR | 4,495 | $67K | 17.1% | 1.4% | 30% | C+ |
| 2,409 | Ira Township MI | 5,104 | $70K | 11.9% | 7.5% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,410 | Ellery NY | 4,053 | $87K | 9.2% | 6.7% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,411 | Rutland VT | 3,869 | $72K | 10.4% | 5.1% | 14% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ira Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Ira Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ira Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ira Township | – | C+ | B− | 29 min | $70,469 |
| New Baltimore | 2% | A− | C+ | 31 min | $106,033 |
| Clay Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 39 min | $87,292 |
| Cottrellville Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 33 min | $91,897 |
| Casco Township | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $87,538 |
| Chesterfield Township | 6% | A− | C+ | 27 min | $91,508 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Chesterfield Township. Darker towns draw more of Ira 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 Ira Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ira Township?
$70,469 (±$20,802) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ira Township?
11.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ira Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ira Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton Township (6%, 15 mi), Detroit (6%, 31 mi), Chesterfield Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Ira Township walkable?
Ira Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ira Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ira Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ira 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.