Mackinac Point Lighthouse · Photo: James Marvin Phelps · CC BY 2.0Mackinaw Township has 2.6 jobs for every working resident: 410 people commute in to work
About one in seven work in Mackinaw Township; the top destination outside it is Cheboygan (20%, 13 miles). 436 jobs are based in Mackinaw Township, and 167 of its residents work somewhere. For 28% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mackinaw Township by day and by night
On a workday 141 residents head out to work and 26 work right here.
About 760 people are in Mackinaw Township on a workday afternoon, 54% more 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.
Commuting in to Mackinaw Township: where workers come from
Where Mackinaw Township clocks in
20% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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.
Jobs in Mackinaw Township: what the 436 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mackinaw Township, 2011 → 2021: 120 → 436. 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 Mackinaw Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Mackinaw Township: about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mackinaw Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 commuters (the 28% 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 commute from Mackinaw Township, by distance
About 31% 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.
Work in the towns next to Mackinaw Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mackinaw Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackinaw Township | – | — | — | 13 min | $55,375 |
| Mackinaw City | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Hebron Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Wawatam Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Beaugrand Township | under 2% | C− | C | 18 min | $62,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mackinaw City, Hebron Township and Wawatam Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mackinaw 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 Mackinaw Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mackinaw Township?
$55,375 (±$20,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mackinaw Township?
15.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mackinaw Township?
13 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mackinaw Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cheboygan (20%, 13 mi), Bear Creek Township (4%, 29 mi), Petoskey (2%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Mackinaw Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mackinaw Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mackinaw 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.