Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Menominee Township works elsewhere
6% of workers work from home (Michigan 14%). There are 282 jobs in Menominee Township, and 1,143 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Menominee Township is better than 21% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Menominee Township
Many Menominee Township workers cross into Wisconsin
51% of Menominee Township workers work outside Michigan, most of them in Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Menominee Township is a place people come home to
There are 282 jobs based in Menominee Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Menominee Township has about 2,400 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
31% of Menominee Township works in Marinette
353 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Marinette, WI, 9.2 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Menominee Township itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Why Menominee Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Menominee Township’s grade up (8.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Menominee Township could be anywhere from D to B.
31% of working residents work in Marinette
Where Menominee Township clocks in
31% of workers
30% of workers
2% 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.
Who leaves Menominee Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,107 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Menominee Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Menominee Township works in goods: 65% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Menominee Township, 2011 → 2021: 171 → 282. 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 Menominee Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Menominee Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Menominee Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,236 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.
How far Menominee Township goes to work
About 20% 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.
Most of Menominee Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,309 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). 4.8% of Menominee Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Menominee Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Menominee Township next to U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500: 3,642nd of 4,593 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Dexter MI | 4,461 | $107K | 0.8% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 148 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,640 | Roseau MN | 2,685 | $60K | 17.8% | 3.8% | 56% | C− |
| 3,641 | Center Township IN | 2,811 | $59K | 14.0% | 6.0% | 15% | C− |
| 3,642 | Menominee Township MI | 3,306 | $66K | 8.9% | 6.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,643 | Shelby Township MI | 4,143 | $68K | 17.6% | 5.4% | 11% | C− |
| 3,644 | Okanogan WA | 2,494 | $69K | 10.3% | 6.5% | 20% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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 Menominee Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 31% of Menominee Township
The biggest share goes to Menominee (30%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Menominee Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menominee Township | – | C− | D− | 24 min | $65,771 |
| Menominee | 30% | C− | A | 15 min | $49,432 |
| Ingallston Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Mellen Township | 1% | C− | C | 25 min | $51,429 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ingallston Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Menominee 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 Menominee Township: questions
What is the median household income in Menominee Township?
$65,771 (±$8,971) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Menominee Township?
8.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Menominee Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Menominee Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marinette (31%, 9 mi), Menominee (30%, 7 mi), Escanaba (2%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Menominee Township walkable?
Menominee Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Menominee 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 Menominee Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Menominee 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.