Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Littlefield Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Littlefield Township report 370 jobs; 1,205 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Littlefield Township B; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 4% stay in Littlefield Township for work; outside it, Petoskey is the main destination (22%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Littlefield Township apart
Littlefield Township makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Littlefield Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Littlefield Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Littlefield Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. 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.
Littlefield Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Littlefield Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #359 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Littlefield Township’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
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 income, poverty and unemployment, Littlefield Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
40% of the jobs in Littlefield Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Littlefield Township, 2011 → 2021: 337 → 370. 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 Littlefield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Littlefield Township: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Littlefield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,647 commuters (the 9% 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.
Littlefield Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,158 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Littlefield Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Littlefield Township work
Where Littlefield Township clocks in
22% of workers
10% 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.
Half of Littlefield Township commutes less than 11 miles
About 22% 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.
Most of Littlefield Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Littlefield Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #219 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,819 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). 0.8% of Littlefield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Littlefield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Littlefield Township ranks: 2,032nd of 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 139 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 155 | Lima Township MI | 4,215 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,030 | Cardington OH | 2,247 | $70K | 10.3% | 2.7% | 7% | B |
| 2,031 | China Township MI | 3,530 | $99K | 3.7% | 10.7% | 5% | B |
| 2,032 | Littlefield Township MI | 3,192 | $85K | 8.0% | 2.8% | 4% | B |
| 2,033 | Chester Township OH | 2,401 | $65K | 5.7% | 1.3% | 5% | B |
| 2,034 | Chester NY | 3,064 | $85K | 6.6% | 2.6% | 23% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | 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 Littlefield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
12% of Littlefield Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Little Traverse Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Littlefield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littlefield Township | – | B | B | 18 min | $85,262 |
| Springvale Township | under 2% | B | D | 26 min | $102,083 |
| Maple River Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 23 min | $72,019 |
| Tuscarora Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 28 min | $66,042 |
| Little Traverse Township | 10% | B+ | C | 18 min | $88,368 |
| Pleasantview Township | 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasantview Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Littlefield 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 Littlefield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Littlefield Township?
$85,262 (±$14,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Littlefield Township?
8.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Littlefield Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Littlefield Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (22%, 10 mi), Bear Creek Township (10%, 8 mi), Little Traverse Township (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Littlefield Township walkable?
Littlefield Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Littlefield 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 Littlefield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Littlefield 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.