County Road I-39-Rapid River Bridge · Photo: Yooperann · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Masonville Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 6% stay in Masonville Township for work; outside it, Escanaba is the main destination (30%, 20 miles). 197 jobs are based in Masonville Township; 545 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Masonville Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Masonville Township: the gist
Why Masonville Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Masonville Township’s grade up ($78,984, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Masonville 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, Masonville Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The towns that employ Masonville Township’s residents
Where Masonville Township clocks in
30% of workers
6% of workers
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.
A workday in Masonville Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 514 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Masonville Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
What Masonville Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Masonville Township, 2011 → 2021: 178 → 197. 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 Masonville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Masonville Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 508 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.
The distance from Masonville Township to work
About 25% 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 Masonville Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 556 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). 2.7% of Masonville Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Masonville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Masonville Township is 3,578th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,576 | Palmyra ME | 2,077 | $61K | 9.1% | 1.5% | 1% | C |
| 3,577 | Clarence Township MI | 1,897 | $67K | 12.9% | 2.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,578 | Masonville Township MI | 1,625 | $79K | 9.4% | 6.4% | 6% | C |
| 3,579 | Brighton NY | 1,167 | $66K | 6.8% | 7.0% | 6% | C |
| 3,580 | Wills Township OH | 1,519 | $65K | 8.4% | 11.6% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | 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 Masonville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Masonville Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Ensign Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Masonville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masonville Township | – | C | C+ | 22 min | $78,984 |
| Nahma Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Baldwin Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Mathias Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Ensign Township | 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Maple Ridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Brampton Township | under 2% | C | D | 22 min | $80,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nahma Township, Baldwin Township, Mathias Township, Ensign Township and Maple Ridge Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Masonville 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 Masonville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Masonville Township?
$78,984 (±$8,417) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Masonville Township?
9.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Masonville Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Masonville Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Escanaba (30%, 20 mi), Gladstone (6%, 12 mi), Marquette (6%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Masonville Township walkable?
Masonville Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Masonville 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 Masonville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Masonville 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.