Lamotte Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, where Michigan as a whole has 14%. 116 jobs are based in Lamotte Township, against 257 working residents. Only 7% work in Lamotte Township itself; outside it, Sandusky draws the most (13%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Lamotte Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 239 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Lamotte Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Where people from Lamotte Township work
Where Lamotte Township clocks in
13% 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.
What Lamotte Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lamotte Township, 2011 → 2021: 55 → 116. 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 Lamotte Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Lamotte Township spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lamotte Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 338 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.
Miles to work from Lamotte Township
About 29% 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.
The towns around Lamotte Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lamotte Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamotte Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $60,991 |
| Moore Township | under 2% | D− | C− | 22 min | $48,750 |
| Kingston Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 24 min | $61,250 |
| Marlette Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Evergreen Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marlette Township: not graded. Evergreen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lamotte 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 Lamotte Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lamotte Township?
$60,991 (±$6,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lamotte Township?
36.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lamotte Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lamotte Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandusky (13%, 11 mi), Marlette (7%, 9 mi), Bad Axe (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Lamotte Township without a car?
0% 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 Lamotte Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lamotte 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.