With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Kalamo Township works elsewhere
Only 1% work in Kalamo Township; the top destination outside it is Lansing (11%, 26 miles). 141 jobs are based in Kalamo Township, and 552 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Kalamo Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kalamo Township, in a few figures
Kalamo Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Kalamo Township is a place people come home to
There are 141 jobs based in Kalamo Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Kalamo Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Kalamo Township is Lansing, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (61) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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 552 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Kalamo Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Kalamo Township’s grade up ($86,905, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Kalamo 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, Kalamo Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Kalamo Township’s commute takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kalamo Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 859 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Kalamo Township
On a workday 546 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Kalamo Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Kalamo Township
About 20% 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.
The places Kalamo Township commutes to
Where Kalamo Township clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
78% of the jobs in Kalamo Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kalamo Township, 2011 → 2021: 54 → 141. 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 Kalamo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Kalamo Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.5% 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 927 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.4% of Kalamo Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kalamo Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,611th of 6,085: where Kalamo Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 104 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 218 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 263 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,609 | Greene Township IL | 1,401 | $78K | 6.0% | 7.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,610 | Elkhart Township IN | 2,040 | $79K | 5.7% | 6.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,611 | Kalamo Township MI | 1,776 | $87K | 7.7% | 5.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,612 | Albion IN | 2,261 | $71K | 8.6% | 2.6% | 16% | B |
| 1,613 | Goodrich MI | 2,003 | $110K | 7.0% | 7.8% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Kalamo Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Kalamo Township
The biggest share goes to Bellevue Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kalamo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamo Township | – | B | D− | 38 min | $86,905 |
| Vermontville Township | under 2% | C | C− | 33 min | $70,000 |
| Bellevue Township | 6% | B | C− | 38 min | $83,636 |
| Carmel Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 22 min | $95,083 |
| Maple Grove Township | under 2% | C | C− | 31 min | $84,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kalamo 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 Kalamo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kalamo Township?
$86,905 (±$10,801) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kalamo Township?
7.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kalamo Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kalamo Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (11%, 26 mi), Charlotte (11%, 10 mi), Marshall (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Kalamo Township walkable?
Kalamo Township is more walkable than 5% 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 Kalamo Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kalamo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kalamo 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.