Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY 2.0Work means Marquette for more than half of Marquette Township’s working residents
For jobs and income Marquette Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (B). Measured by household income, Marquette Township is behind 77% of U.S. towns. Only 7% work in Marquette Township; the top destination outside it is Marquette (51%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Marquette Township apart on work
Marquette Township trades workers with the towns around it
Marquette Township has about as many jobs (1,354) as working residents (1,602), but they are mostly different people: 1,488 residents leave for work each day while 1,240 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Marquette Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
More than half of Marquette Township works in Marquette
820 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Marquette, 6.7 miles away across the town line. That’s 7 times as many as work in Marquette Township itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Marquette Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Marquette Township
53% of Marquette Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 29% of the jobs based in Marquette Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Most Marquette Township residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
Where Marquette Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Unemployment holds Marquette Township’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($57,983, U.S. $80,734).
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, poverty and unemployment, Marquette Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Who works in Marquette Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,488 residents head out to work, 114 work right here, and 1,240 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).
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 out of Marquette Township: the destinations
Where Marquette Township clocks in
51% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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 Marquette Township takes about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marquette Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,722 commuters (the 11% 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.
What the 1,354 jobs in Marquette Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marquette Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,137 → 1,354. 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 Marquette Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Marquette Township
About 24% 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.
In Marquette Township, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,935 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). 4.6% of Marquette Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marquette Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marquette Township is 2,625th of 4,195 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 27 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 124 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 129 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
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| 2,623 | Hansville WA | 3,384 | $92K | 4.1% | 7.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,624 | Fort Branch IN | 2,936 | $59K | 17.2% | 2.5% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,625 | Marquette Township MI | 4,196 | $58K | 10.5% | 3.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,626 | Goshen Township OH | 3,051 | $61K | 4.6% | 12.9% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,627 | Big Lake AK | 3,585 | $81K | 11.4% | 3.1% | — | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,195 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Marquette Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Marquette Township and its neighbors: 54% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marquette Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette Township | – | C+ | B | 11 min | $57,983 |
| Marquette | 51% | C | A | 13 min | $55,613 |
| Negaunee Township | 2% | C+ | C− | 21 min | $97,955 |
| Sands Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 18 min | $87,443 |
| Ishpeming Township | under 2% | B− | C | 21 min | $94,271 |
| Powell Township | 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Powell Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Marquette. Darker towns draw more of Marquette 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 Marquette Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marquette Township?
$57,983 (±$13,476) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marquette Township?
10.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marquette Township?
11 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marquette Township work?
7% work in town.
Is Marquette Township walkable?
Marquette Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marquette Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marquette Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marquette 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.