Most of Manistique Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
76 jobs are based in Manistique Township for 323 working residents. Manistique Township grades D for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Manistique Township: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Manistique Township works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Manistique Township: Manistique (28%), Doyle Township (5%) and Hiawatha Township (3%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Manistique Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Manistique Township fell from 333 in 2011 to 76 in 2021, −77%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Manistique Township is a place people come home to
There are 76 jobs based in Manistique Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 323 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Manistique Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Manistique Township is better than 6% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Manistique Township’s grade up (14.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (8.0%) is left out: Manistique 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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Manistique Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Manistique Township makes things: 57% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manistique Township, 2011 → 2021: 333 → 76. 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 Manistique Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Manistique Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 313 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Manistique Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
28% of working residents work in Manistique
Where Manistique Township clocks in
6% 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.
Getting to work from Manistique Township takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manistique Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 303 commuters (the <1% 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.
How far Manistique Township’s workers travel
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 commute in Manistique Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manistique Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Manistique 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 304 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). 2.6% of Manistique Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Manistique Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Manistique Township is 2,744th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,742 | Salineville OH | 1,149 | $48K | 21.5% | 2.2% | 2% | D |
| 2,743 | Sophia WV | 1,076 | $36K | 38.0% | 12.4% | 5% | D |
| 2,744 | Manistique Township MI | 1,066 | $53K | 14.7% | 8.0% | 3% | D |
| 2,745 | Bedford Township OH | 1,212 | $61K | 24.1% | 14.0% | <1% | D |
| 2,746 | Fincastle TN | 1,374 | $52K | 18.6% | 4.5% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Manistique Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 36% of Manistique Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Manistique (28%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manistique Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manistique Township | – | D | D− | 16 min | $52,639 |
| Doyle Township | 5% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Hiawatha Township | 3% | B− | B− | 19 min | $79,196 |
| Seney Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Manistique | 28% | D | A | 14 min | $38,446 |
Same-state neighbors only. Doyle Township and Seney Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Manistique 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 Manistique Township: questions
What is the median household income in Manistique Township?
$52,639 (±$7,750) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manistique Township?
14.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manistique Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manistique Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manistique (28%, 13 mi), Thompson Township (7%, 15 mi), Sault Ste. Marie (6%, 88 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Manistique Township walkable?
Manistique Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manistique Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manistique Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manistique 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.