Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Kasson Township earn more than those in 63% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 12.1% of residents, next to 13.2% for Michigan as a whole. Kasson Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in seven work in Kasson Township; the top destination outside it is Traverse City (21%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Kasson Township apart on work
What’s behind Kasson Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Kasson Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Kasson Township’s grade up ($85,417, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.4%) is left out: Kasson 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, Kasson Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
What Kasson Township’s employers do
372 jobs are based in Kasson Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kasson Township, 2011 → 2021: 730 → 372. 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 Kasson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Kasson Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 554 residents head out to work, 92 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Kasson Township on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Where Kasson Township goes to work
Where Kasson Township clocks in
21% of workers
7% 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.
Commuting from Kasson Township: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kasson Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 732 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far it is to work from Kasson Township
About 24% 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.
Most of Kasson Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kasson Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 795 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 Kasson Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Kasson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kasson Township places 3,041st of 5,760 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | 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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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 249 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 3,039 | Belle Plaine WI | 1,756 | $75K | 12.5% | 3.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,040 | Columbus MT | 1,964 | $65K | 11.0% | 3.1% | 36% | C+ |
| 3,041 | Kasson Township MI | 1,696 | $85K | 12.1% | 5.4% | 14% | C+ |
| 3,042 | Stambaugh Township MI | 1,212 | $71K | 5.9% | 0.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,043 | Torch Lake Township MI | 1,918 | $70K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Kasson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Kasson Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Empire Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kasson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasson Township | – | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $85,417 |
| Empire Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 28 min | $94,821 |
| Cleveland Township | 2% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $81,607 |
| Solon Township | 3% | B+ | D | 26 min | $96,833 |
| Almira Township | under 3% | A− | D | 24 min | $90,278 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kasson 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 Kasson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kasson Township?
$85,417 (±$20,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kasson Township?
12.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kasson Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kasson Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (21%, 14 mi), Garfield Township (7%, 14 mi), Glen Arbor Township (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Kasson Township walkable?
Kasson Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kasson Township without a car?
2% 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 Kasson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kasson 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.