With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of McKinley Township works elsewhere
McKinley Township has 269 jobs, against 496 working residents. The two grades for McKinley Township are D for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
McKinley Township at work: what stands out
Jobs & income in McKinley Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, McKinley Township is better than 11% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds McKinley Township’s grade up (12.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (8.2%) is left out: McKinley 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, McKinley Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
About 25 minutes each way for McKinley Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McKinley Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 584 commuters (the 3% 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.
McKinley Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 457 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in McKinley Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
17% of working residents work in Petoskey
Where McKinley Township clocks in
17% of workers
11% 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 McKinley Township: what the 269 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McKinley Township, 2011 → 2021: 177 → 269. 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 McKinley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from McKinley Township, by distance
About 21% 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.
Few in McKinley Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McKinley Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place McKinley 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 600 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). 4.9% of McKinley Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of McKinley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, McKinley Township ranks 3,935th of 4,866 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 124 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 151 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,933 | Wortham TX | 1,041 | $46K | 12.9% | 5.1% | 5% | D |
| 3,934 | Witt Township IL | 1,007 | $62K | 16.8% | 3.7% | 4% | D |
| 3,935 | McKinley Township MI | 1,285 | $54K | 12.2% | 8.2% | 8% | D |
| 3,936 | Scio NY | 1,623 | $62K | 17.6% | 7.5% | 3% | D |
| 3,937 | Boggs Township PA | 1,620 | $61K | 22.7% | 8.1% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 McKinley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around McKinley Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | McKinley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Township | – | D | C | 25 min | $54,417 |
| Center Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Carp Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Maple River Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 23 min | $72,019 |
| Munro Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Center Township, Carp Lake Township and Munro Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of McKinley 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 McKinley Township: questions
What is the median household income in McKinley Township?
$54,417 (±$16,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McKinley Township?
12.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McKinley Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McKinley Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (17%, 17 mi), Bear Creek Township (11%, 17 mi), Little Traverse Township (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is McKinley Township walkable?
McKinley Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McKinley Township without a car?
1% 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 McKinley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of McKinley 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.