Kingston Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Kingston Township report 95 jobs, and 483 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Kingston Township are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kingston Township at work: what stands out
Kingston Township is a place people come home to
There are 95 jobs based in Kingston Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kingston Township has about 1,100 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Kingston Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 483 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Kingston Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Kingston Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Kingston Township’s grade up (11.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Kingston 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, Kingston Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
How many people are in Kingston Township by day
On a workday 472 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Kingston Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 24 minutes each way for Kingston Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingston Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 709 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.
18% of working residents work in Caro
Where Kingston Township clocks in
18% 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.
Kingston Township makes things: 59% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingston Township, 2011 → 2021: 94 → 95. 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 Kingston Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Kingston Township commutes
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.
Driving is how Kingston Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kingston Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% 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 737 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). 2.6% of Kingston Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Kingston Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Kingston Township is 4,607th among 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,605 | Shinglehouse PA | 1,060 | $47K | 9.0% | 2.7% | 10% | C− |
| 4,606 | Perry Township IN | 1,543 | $65K | 21.6% | 0.6% | 3% | C− |
| 4,607 | Kingston Township MI | 1,462 | $61K | 11.1% | 3.7% | 2% | C− |
| 4,608 | Pittsfield Township PA | 1,232 | $65K | 12.9% | 5.6% | 2% | C− |
| 4,609 | Kingston WI | 1,107 | $83K | 27.8% | 1.9% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Kingston Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Kingston Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Koylton Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kingston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Township | – | C− | C− | 24 min | $61,250 |
| Koylton Township | 2% | D | D− | 35 min | $65,000 |
| Wells Township | under 2% | C | D− | 27 min | $71,806 |
| Novesta Township | under 2% | D | C− | 25 min | $53,750 |
| Lamotte Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lamotte Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kingston 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 Kingston Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kingston Township?
$61,250 (±$12,295) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingston Township?
11.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingston Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingston Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Caro (18%, 12 mi), Almer Township (6%, 13 mi), Indianfields Township (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Kingston Township walkable?
Kingston Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kingston Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kingston Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingston 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.