Kawkawlin Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
852 jobs are based in Kawkawlin Township; 1,659 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Kawkawlin Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Kawkawlin Township in brief
Income, poverty and work: Kawkawlin Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kawkawlin Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #200 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
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, Kawkawlin Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
In Kawkawlin Township, 48% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kawkawlin Township, 2011 → 2021: 890 → 852. 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 Kawkawlin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Kawkawlin Township
On a workday 1,574 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 767 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Kawkawlin Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Where Kawkawlin Township goes to work
Where Kawkawlin Township clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
How long Kawkawlin Township spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kawkawlin Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,953 commuters (the 4% 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.
Half of Kawkawlin Township commutes less than 14 miles
About 21% 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 Kawkawlin Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kawkawlin Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #656 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Kawkawlin Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,045 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 Kawkawlin Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kawkawlin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Kawkawlin Township ranks: 1,096th of 4,136 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 27 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 123 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 128 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
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| 1,094 | Hallsville TX | 4,895 | $85K | 5.7% | 2.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,095 | Irving Township MI | 3,836 | $76K | 2.4% | 2.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,096 | Kawkawlin Township MI | 4,349 | $85K | 8.0% | 1.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,097 | Pleasant Township OH | 3,755 | $85K | 5.6% | 1.9% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,098 | Bethel Township PA | 4,160 | $94K | 8.4% | 2.6% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,136 | 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 Kawkawlin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
12% of Kawkawlin Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Bangor Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kawkawlin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawkawlin Township | – | B+ | D | 22 min | $85,262 |
| Monitor Township | 4% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $76,563 |
| Bangor Township | 6% | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $60,661 |
| Fraser Township | 2% | C | D | 26 min | $61,571 |
| Beaver Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 29 min | $89,154 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kawkawlin 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 Kawkawlin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kawkawlin Township?
$85,262 (±$14,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kawkawlin Township?
8.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kawkawlin Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kawkawlin Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bay City (14%, 9 mi), Midland (9%, 14 mi), Saginaw (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Kawkawlin Township walkable?
Kawkawlin Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kawkawlin 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 Kawkawlin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kawkawlin 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.