Kinderhook Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 26 jobs in Kinderhook Township; 549 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Kinderhook Township are B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any stay in Kinderhook Township for work; outside it, Coldwater is the main destination (23%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Kinderhook Township
Inside Kinderhook Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Kinderhook Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Kinderhook Township’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Kinderhook 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, Kinderhook Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
How many people are in Kinderhook Township by day
On a workday 545 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Kinderhook Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Out of Kinderhook Township to work: where people go
Where Kinderhook Township clocks in
23% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
In Kinderhook Township, 42% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kinderhook Township, 2011 → 2021: 20 → 26. 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 Kinderhook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Kinderhook Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kinderhook Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 552 commuters (the 6% 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.
Miles to work from Kinderhook Township
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.
The commute in Kinderhook Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kinderhook Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 587 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). 2.5% of Kinderhook Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kinderhook Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kinderhook Township is 2,171st of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 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 | 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+ |
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| 101 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 166 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 2,169 | Douglass Township KS | 1,961 | $83K | 11.7% | 5.8% | 6% | B− |
| 2,170 | Erving MA | 1,651 | $78K | 5.2% | 3.7% | 6% | B− |
| 2,171 | Kinderhook Township MI | 1,452 | $83K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 1% | B− |
| 2,172 | Jefferson Township PA | 1,920 | $75K | 8.4% | 4.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,173 | Bridport VT | 1,251 | $83K | 4.4% | 0.0% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Kinderhook Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Kinderhook Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Ovid Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kinderhook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinderhook Township | – | B− | D | 27 min | $83,348 |
| Gilead Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| California Township | under 2% | D− | C+ | 20 min | $47,206 |
| Ovid Township | 2% | C | D− | 29 min | $73,411 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gilead Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kinderhook 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 Kinderhook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kinderhook Township?
$83,348 (±$14,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kinderhook Township?
7.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kinderhook Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kinderhook Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coldwater (23%, 11 mi), Angola (7%, 9 mi), Fremont (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Kinderhook Township walkable?
Kinderhook Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kinderhook 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 Kinderhook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kinderhook 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.