With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Martiny Township works elsewhere
There are 15 jobs in Martiny Township; 471 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Martiny Township are D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Martiny Township is behind 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Martiny Township, in brief
Martiny Township is a place people come home to
There are 15 jobs based in Martiny Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Martiny Township has about 1,200 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Martiny Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical 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; with 471 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Martiny Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Martiny Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Martiny Township’s grade up (10.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Martiny 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 two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Martiny Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Martiny Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 466 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Martiny Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
How many miles Martiny Township commutes
About 32% 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.
About 31 minutes to work from Martiny Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Martiny Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 648 commuters (the 6% 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.
12% of working residents work in Big Rapids
Where Martiny Township clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Martiny Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Martiny Township, 2011 → 2021: 24 → 15. 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 Martiny Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Martiny Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Martiny Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 689 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Martiny Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Martiny Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,653rd of 5,760: where Martiny Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 249 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 4,651 | Sedgwick ME | 1,203 | $70K | 16.9% | 1.9% | 5% | D |
| 4,652 | Waterford ME | 1,632 | $66K | 16.4% | 1.9% | 3% | D |
| 4,653 | Martiny Township MI | 1,673 | $52K | 10.7% | 2.9% | 1% | D |
| 4,654 | Masonville NY | 1,227 | $59K | 12.2% | 2.9% | 6% | D |
| 4,655 | Constable NY | 1,498 | $62K | 15.6% | 2.1% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Martiny Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Martiny Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Morton Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Martiny Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martiny Township | – | D | C− | 31 min | $51,875 |
| Chippewa Township | under 2% | D | B− | 28 min | $59,107 |
| Morton Township | 6% | C− | C− | 27 min | $72,877 |
| Sheridan Township | 2% | D | D | 30 min | $49,800 |
| Colfax Township | under 2% | B− | C | 23 min | $87,935 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Martiny 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 Martiny Township: questions
What is the median household income in Martiny Township?
$51,875 (±$10,653) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Martiny Township?
10.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Martiny Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Martiny Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Big Rapids (12%, 11 mi), Morton Township (6%, 7 mi), Mount Pleasant (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Martiny Township walkable?
Martiny Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Martiny Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Martiny Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Martiny 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.