Watrous General Store · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Juniata Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where Michigan as a whole has 14%. Juniata Township has 64 jobs; 570 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Juniata 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
Jobs and commuting in Juniata Township: the gist
Juniata Township is a place people come home to
There are 64 jobs based in Juniata Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Juniata Township has about 1,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Juniata 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 ↓
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 570 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Juniata Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Juniata Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Juniata Township’s grade up (8.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Juniata 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, Juniata Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
How many people are in Juniata Township by day
On a workday 565 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Juniata Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 31 minutes each way for Juniata Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Juniata Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 864 commuters (the 5% 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.
13% of working residents work in Caro
Where Juniata Township clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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.
73% of the jobs in Juniata Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Juniata Township, 2011 → 2021: 58 → 64. 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 Juniata Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Juniata Township goes to work
About 23% 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.
Getting around Juniata Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Juniata Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 914 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). 1.8% of Juniata Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Juniata Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Juniata Township is 2,820th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 204 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,818 | Livingston LA | 2,006 | $62K | 16.3% | 2.6% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,819 | Lyons OR | 1,226 | $92K | 14.7% | 8.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,820 | Juniata Township MI | 1,546 | $69K | 8.2% | 2.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,821 | Jackson NY | 1,701 | $77K | 7.5% | 2.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,822 | Quemahoning Township PA | 1,795 | $59K | 6.6% | 2.4% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Juniata Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Juniata Township
The biggest share goes to Indianfields Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Juniata Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniata Township | – | C+ | D− | 31 min | $69,412 |
| Vassar Township | under 2% | C | D− | 35 min | $63,125 |
| Indianfields Township | 3% | D | C− | 29 min | $57,250 |
| Fairgrove Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 29 min | $50,625 |
| Denmark Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $70,720 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Juniata 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 Juniata Township: questions
What is the median household income in Juniata Township?
$69,412 (±$11,542) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Juniata Township?
8.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Juniata Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Juniata Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Caro (13%, 7 mi), Saginaw (6%, 22 mi), Frankenmuth (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Juniata Township walkable?
Juniata Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Juniata 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 Juniata Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Juniata 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.