Ball Road-Little Salt Creek Bridge · Photo: O. David Redwine · CC BY-SA 3.0Jasper Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jasper Township has 8 jobs, and 380 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Jasper Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D). 2% of workers have no commute at all, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Jasper Township apart on work
Jasper Township is a place people come home to
There are 8 jobs based in Jasper Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Jasper Township has about 700 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Jasper Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 380 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Jasper Township’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds Jasper Township’s grade up (7.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.9%) is left out: Jasper 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, Jasper Township could be anywhere from C to B.
In and out of Jasper Township on a workday
On a workday 380 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Jasper Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Jasper Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jasper Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 448 commuters (the 2% 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.
Out of Jasper Township to work: where people go
Where Jasper Township clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
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.
A place that makes things: 75% of Jasper Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jasper Township, 2011 → 2021: 4 → 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 Jasper Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Jasper Township goes to work
About 25% 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.
Driving is how Jasper Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 458 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). 1.3% of Jasper Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jasper Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Jasper Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,400: 1,078th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,076 | Hiram OH | 1,000 | $75K | 14.8% | 5.5% | 3% | B− |
| 1,077 | Bessemer PA | 1,038 | $66K | 10.8% | 5.2% | 2% | B− |
| 1,078 | Jasper Township MI | 1,073 | $80K | 7.1% | 4.9% | 0% | B− |
| 1,079 | Moose Lake Township MN | 1,012 | $87K | 7.2% | 3.6% | 1% | B− |
| 1,080 | Susquehanna Township PA | 1,199 | $71K | 3.5% | 4.7% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Jasper Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Jasper Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jasper Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper Township | – | B− | D | 24 min | $80,417 |
| Porter Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 34 min | $76,316 |
| Greendale Township | under 2% | D | D | 27 min | $55,682 |
| Coe Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 17 min | $59,878 |
| Bethany Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $80,461 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jasper 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 Jasper Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jasper Township?
$80,417 (±$8,347) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jasper Township?
7.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jasper Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jasper Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (14%, 17 mi), Mount Pleasant (9%, 13 mi), Alma (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Jasper Township walkable?
Jasper Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jasper Township without a car?
0% 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 Jasper Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jasper 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.