Moffatt Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 51 jobs in Moffatt Township; 437 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Moffatt Township are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 1% work in Moffatt Township; the top destination outside it is Standish (11%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Moffatt Township stands out on work
Moffatt Township is a place people come home to
There are 51 jobs based in Moffatt Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Moffatt Township has about 780 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
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 437 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Moffatt Township
On income, poverty and job access, Moffatt Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Moffatt Township’s grade up (7.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (12.1%) is left out: Moffatt 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Moffatt Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who works in Moffatt Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 431 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Moffatt Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The distance from Moffatt Township to work
About 34% 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.
Where the trip to work from Moffatt Township ends
Where Moffatt Township clocks in
Lines 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 Moffatt Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moffatt Township, 2011 → 2021: 29 → 51. 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 Moffatt Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Moffatt Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moffatt Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 322 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.
Driving is how Moffatt Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moffatt Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 356 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). 2.0% of Moffatt Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moffatt Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Moffatt Township is 2,439th among 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,437 | Muldraugh KY | 1,009 | $61K | 22.5% | 5.7% | 5% | C |
| 2,438 | Lovell ME | 1,155 | $81K | 10.0% | 3.1% | 5% | C |
| 2,439 | Moffatt Township MI | 1,170 | $70K | 7.9% | 12.1% | 1% | C |
| 2,440 | Rodman NY | 1,151 | $83K | 13.6% | 7.1% | 1% | C |
| 2,441 | West Sparta NY | 1,145 | $73K | 10.6% | 2.5% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Moffatt Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Moffatt Township
The biggest share goes to Clayton Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moffatt Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moffatt Township | – | C | C+ | 25 min | $70,357 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Clayton Township | 5% | D | B− | 27 min | $50,795 |
| Bourret Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Adams Township and Bourret Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moffatt 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 Moffatt Township: questions
What is the median household income in Moffatt Township?
$70,357 (±$10,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moffatt Township?
7.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moffatt Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moffatt Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Standish (11%, 12 mi), Deep River Township (6%, 8 mi), Clayton Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Moffatt Township walkable?
Moffatt Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moffatt Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moffatt Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moffatt 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.