Kochville Township is a college town: 64% of residents are students
7% of workers have no commute at all; Michigan has 14%. The two grades for Kochville Township are B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in ten stay in Kochville Township for work; outside it, Saginaw is the main destination (13%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Kochville Township apart on work
Kochville Township has far more jobs than workers
Kochville Township has 5,434 jobs, 4.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 9,400 people are in town, 82% more than the 5,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Kochville Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker, and quicker than any town next door (19 to 22 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Kochville Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Kochville Township went from 3,548 in 2011 to 5,434 in 2021, +53%. The jobs ↓
Kochville Township draws workers from far and wide
The 5,434 jobs in Kochville Township are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 38%; the other 60% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Kochville Township’s grade
On family income, poverty and job access, Kochville Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #418 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Kochville Township’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.1%, U.S. 11.9%). It also does well on family income.
Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (36% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 16.1%, against 38.6% for all residents. Unemployment (4.1%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($93,250), since student households pull the household median down ($42,333).
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Kochville Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Who leaves Kochville Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,071 residents head out to work, 109 work right here, and 5,325 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Kochville Township on a workday afternoon, 82% more than live here.
4.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
How long Kochville Township spends getting to work: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kochville Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,217 commuters (the 7% 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.
What Kochville Township’s employers do
5,434 jobs are based in Kochville Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kochville Township, 2011 → 2021: 3,548 → 5,434. 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 Kochville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Kochville Township: where workers come from
Where Kochville Township clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Kochville Township
About 37% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Kochville Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kochville Township is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #15 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 37.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 8.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,379 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). 0.4% of Kochville Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Kochville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,600 to 7,000, Kochville Township ranks 2,111th of 3,696 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Mulberry FL | 4,573 | $58K | 19.8% | 1.4% | 2% | B− |
| 2,110 | Le Sueur MN | 4,210 | $79K | 12.7% | 4.0% | 27% | B− |
| 2,111 | Kochville Township MI | 5,166 | $42K | 38.6% | 4.1% | 9% | B− |
| 2,112 | Cherryville NC | 6,523 | $71K | 12.4% | 3.0% | 10% | B− |
| 2,113 | Medford WI | 4,589 | $60K | 7.9% | 2.6% | 48% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,696 | 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 Kochville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 10% of Kochville Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kochville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kochville Township | – | B− | A | 14 min | $42,333 |
| Frankenlust Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 20 min | $92,685 |
| Zilwaukee Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Saginaw Township | 10% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Zilwaukee Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Saginaw Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Saginaw Township. Darker towns draw more of Kochville 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.
- Students. 64% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Kochville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kochville Township?
$42,333 (±$12,532) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kochville Township?
38.6% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 16.1%. Michigan: 13.2%.
How long is the commute from Kochville Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kochville Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saginaw (13%, 6 mi), Saginaw Township (10%, 4 mi), Midland (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Kochville Township walkable?
Kochville Township is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 37% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kochville Township without a car?
1% 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 Kochville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kochville 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.