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Jobs & commute in Moltke Township

Moltke Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each

5% of workers have no commute at all, where Michigan as a whole has 14%. There are 57 jobs in Moltke Township for 101 working residents. Hardly any work in Moltke Township; the top destination outside it is Rogers City (14%, 7 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Moltke Township by day

On a workday 100 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.

100live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
56work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night290
Workday250
290live here− 100head out to work+ 56come in to work= 250on a workday

About 250 people are in Moltke Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.56jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Moltke Township goes to work

Onaway: 4 residents work here (4%)Rogers City: 14 residents work here (14%)Gaylord: 2 residents work here (2%)Cheboygan: 5 residents work here (5%)Mount Pleasant: 2 residents work here (2%)Alpena: 7 residents work here (7%)Southfield: 2 residents work here (2%)Lansing: 2 residents work here (2%)Sanborn TownshipTuscarora Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Ocqueoc TownshipBenton TownshipAvery TownshipBismarck TownshipCase TownshipMoltke TownshipPosen TownshipAlpena Township: 4 residents work here (4%)Rogers TownshipRogers CityAlpenaCheboyganOnawayAlpena TownshipTuscarora TownshipMoltke Township
1
Rogers City6.9 mi away
14%14
2
Alpena33.6 mi away
7%7
3
Cheboygan30 mi away
5%5
4
Onaway14 mi away
4%4
5
Alpena Township34.6 mi away
4%4
6
Tuscarora Township33.3 mi away
3%3
7
Gaylord44.6 mi away
2%2
8
Mount Pleasant131.6 mi away
2%2
9
Southfield205.4 mi away
2%2
10
Lansing188.5 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%56
The top trips

Where Moltke 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 jobs

100% of the jobs in Moltke Township make or build things

Jobs based in Moltke TownshipJobs Moltke Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%27%
Trade, transport & utilities0%26%
Services: health, schools, offices0%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%33%
Over $3,333 a month54%50%

Who does it

29 or younger12%21%
30 to 5453%51%
55 and older35%28%
−41%

Jobs based in Moltke Township, 2011 → 2021: 97 → 57. 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 Moltke Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Moltke Township: about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
193 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Moltke Township25 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of Moltke Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Moltke Township gets to work
74%Drive alone
16%Carpool
2%Walk
8%Other

Share of the 118 commuters (the 5% 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Moltke Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRogers City: 14% · 6.9 miAlpena: 7% · 33.6 miCheboygan: 5% · 30 miOnaway: 4% · 14 miAlpena Township: 4% · 34.6 miTuscarora Township: 3% · 33.3 miGaylord: 2% · 44.6 miMount Pleasant: 2% · 131.6 miSouthfield: 2% · 205.4 miLansing: 2% · 188.5 miRogers City 14%Alpena 7%Cheboygan 5%Onaway 4%Alpena Township 4%Moltke Township
Moltke TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi21 residents
7%10–24 mi7 residents
30%25–50 mi30 residents
42%Over 50 mi42 residents

About 42% 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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Moltke Township

Rogers Township: few work hereOcqueoc Township: few work hereBismarck Township: few work hereRogers TownshipOcqueoc TownshipBismarck TownshipMoltke Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Rogers Township24 min
Moltke Township25 min
Ocqueoc Township26 min
Bismarck Township26 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownMoltke Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Moltke Township–——25 min$55,000
Rogers Townshipunder 2%——24 min—
Ocqueoc Townshipunder 2%——26 min—
Bismarck Townshipunder 2%——26 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Rogers Township, Ocqueoc Township and Bismarck Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Moltke Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Moltke Township: questions

What is the median household income in Moltke Township?

$55,000 (±$21,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Moltke Township?

9.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Moltke Township?

25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Moltke Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rogers City (14%, 7 mi), Alpena (7%, 34 mi), Cheboygan (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).

Can you get around Moltke Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Moltke Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Moltke Township

Moltke Township home →

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.