Koylton Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The two grades for Koylton Township are D for jobs and income and D− for walkability. There are 189 jobs in Koylton Township; 513 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 5% of workers, 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
Koylton Township at work: what stands out
The figures behind Koylton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Koylton Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Koylton Township’s grade up ($65,000, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (8.2%) is left out: Koylton 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, Koylton Township could be anywhere from D to C−.
About 35 minutes to work from Koylton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Koylton Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 519 commuters (the 5% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Koylton Township
On a workday 480 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Koylton Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
9% of working residents work in Marlette
Where Koylton Township clocks in
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Koylton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Koylton Township, 2011 → 2021: 188 → 189. 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 Koylton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Koylton Township’s workers travel
About 24% 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 Koylton Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Koylton Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Koylton 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 546 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). 10.0% of Koylton Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Koylton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Koylton Township is 4,997th of 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Princeton WI | 1,249 | $54K | 16.8% | 5.5% | 5% | D |
| 4,996 | Campbell Township IN | 1,119 | $72K | 22.9% | 2.6% | 1% | D |
| 4,997 | Koylton Township MI | 1,471 | $65K | 15.0% | 8.2% | 6% | D |
| 4,998 | Franklin Township OH | 1,432 | $41K | 11.9% | 5.4% | 0% | D |
| 4,999 | Mikes TX | 1,688 | $49K | 19.8% | 2.9% | <1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Koylton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Koylton Township
The biggest share goes to Marlette Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Koylton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koylton Township | – | D | D− | 35 min | $65,000 |
| Kingston Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 24 min | $61,250 |
| Marlette Township | 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Dayton Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 40 min | $69,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marlette Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Koylton 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 Koylton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Koylton Township?
$65,000 (±$6,840) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Koylton Township?
15.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Koylton Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Koylton Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marlette (9%, 5 mi), Caro (5%, 15 mi), Fremont Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Koylton Township walkable?
Koylton Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Koylton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Koylton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Koylton 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.