Photo: Myron Reynard · CC BY-SA 2.0Lake Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26. There are 18 jobs in Lake Township; 223 of its residents have a job. 24% 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
Jobs and commuting in Lake Township: the gist
Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 18 jobs based in Lake Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Township has about 510 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Township and Benzonia Township trade workers both ways
Benzonia Township is the top workplace for Lake Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Lake Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Lake Township
24% of Lake Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. 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 223 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Lake Township
On a workday 222 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
17% of working residents work in Benzonia Township
Where Lake Township clocks in
17% of workers
9% 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.
Lake Township’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 151 commuters (the 24% 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 kinds of work in Lake Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Township, 2011 → 2021: 14 → 18. 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 Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Lake Township works
About 26% 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.
17% of Lake Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $98,125 |
| Benzonia Township | 17% | C | B | 18 min | $72,500 |
| Platte Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Crystal Lake Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 19 min | $69,913 |
Same-state neighbors only. Platte Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Benzonia Township. Darker towns draw more of Lake 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 Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Township?
$98,125 (±$20,401) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Township?
5.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Benzonia Township (17%, 4 mi), Traverse City (9%, 27 mi), Frankfort (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Lake Township without a car?
0% 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 Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake 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.