Unemployment in Kinross Township (11.4%) is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
3% of workers have no commute at all; Michigan has 14%. For jobs and income Kinross Township is better than 4% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−). About one in seven stay in Kinross Township for work; outside it, Sault Ste. Marie is the main destination (26%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kinross Township, in a few figures
The jobs in Kinross Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
81% of the jobs based in Kinross Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 36% of the jobs Kinross Township residents hold. 80% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Kinross Township. The jobs ↓
Kinross Township and Sault Ste. Marie trade workers both ways
Sault Ste. Marie is the top workplace for Kinross Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Kinross Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Kinross Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Kinross Township is services
88% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Kinross Township’s grade explained
Household income holds Kinross Township’s grade up ($61,250, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
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, Kinross Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Kinross Township
1,027 jobs are based in Kinross Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kinross Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,207 → 1,027. 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 Kinross Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Kinross Township: the destinations
Where Kinross Township clocks in
26% of workers
3% 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.
Kinross Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 39% 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Kinross Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kinross Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,302 commuters (the 3% 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.
Kinross Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,158 residents head out to work, 202 work right here, and 825 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
In Kinross Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,346 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). 5.9% of Kinross Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Kinross Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Kinross Township sits among U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Plymouth MI | 9,164 | $112K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,089 | Cheboygan MI | 4,804 | $42K | 14.9% | 9.2% | 24% | D− |
| 3,090 | Bolivar TN | 5,043 | $39K | 21.7% | 13.2% | 27% | D− |
| 3,091 | Kinross Township MI | 6,790 | $61K | 21.3% | 11.4% | 15% | D− |
| 3,092 | Mojave CA | 5,173 | $56K | 25.5% | 17.8% | 20% | D− |
| 3,093 | Berryville AR | 5,813 | $42K | 22.8% | 8.5% | 38% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,168 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Kinross Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Kinross Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kinross Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinross Township | – | D− | C− | 22 min | $61,250 |
| Rudyard Township | 4% | C− | C | 22 min | $64,453 |
| Chippewa Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Superior Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 19 min | $72,750 |
| Pickford Township | under 2% | B | C | 24 min | $99,688 |
| Trout Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Dafter Township | under 2% | D | C | 15 min | $65,588 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chippewa Township and Trout Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rudyard Township. Darker towns draw more of Kinross 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 Kinross Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kinross Township?
$61,250 (±$5,063) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kinross Township?
21.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kinross Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kinross Township work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sault Ste. Marie (26%, 19 mi), Rudyard Township (4%, 6 mi), Bay Mills Township (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Kinross Township walkable?
Kinross Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kinross Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kinross Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kinross 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.