Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Meyer Township, MI
Home is the office for 10% of workers; Michigan has 14%. A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26. 242 jobs are based in Meyer Township for 341 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Meyer Township apart on work
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meyer Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 387 commuters (the 10% 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.
Who commutes out of Meyer Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 315 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Meyer Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Spalding Township
Where Meyer Township clocks in
9% 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.
Making and building: 53% of jobs based in Meyer Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meyer Township, 2011 → 2021: 261 → 242. 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 Meyer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Meyer Township, by distance
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.
16% of Meyer Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meyer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $65,568 |
| Spalding Township | 16% | C− | C | 36 min | $63,333 |
| Waucedah Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Faithorn Township | under 3% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Nadeau Township | under 3% | D | C | 33 min | $54,500 |
| Breen Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Waucedah Township, Faithorn Township and Breen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Spalding Township. Darker towns draw more of Meyer 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 Meyer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Meyer Township?
$65,568 (±$14,463) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meyer Township?
8.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meyer Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meyer Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spalding Township (16%, 6 mi), Harris Township (13%, 13 mi), Iron Mountain (9%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Meyer Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meyer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meyer 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.