At 2.7%, unemployment in Monitor Township is lower than in 75% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Monitor Township are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 6% work in Monitor Township; the top destination outside it is Bay City (16%, 5 miles). At 25 minutes each way, commutes from Monitor Township run about the Michigan average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Monitor Township at work: what stands out
Monitor Township trades workers with the towns around it
Monitor Township has about as many jobs (4,302) as working residents (4,044), but they are mostly different people: 3,784 residents leave for work each day while 4,042 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Monitor Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Monitor Township and Bay City trade workers both ways
Bay City is the top workplace for Monitor Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Monitor Township come from (14% of its jobs). 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.
Monitor Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monitor Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #203 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($76,563, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
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, poverty and unemployment, Monitor Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who works in Monitor Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,784 residents head out to work, 260 work right here, and 4,042 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Monitor Township: the destinations
Where Monitor Township clocks in
16% of workers
10% of workers
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.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in Monitor Township
4,302 jobs are based in Monitor Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monitor Township, 2011 → 2021: 3,418 → 4,302. 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 Monitor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Monitor Township: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monitor Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,120 commuters (the 11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Monitor Township
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.
Most of Monitor Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monitor Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #469 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,617 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). 2.1% of Monitor Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monitor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,034th of 2,878: where Monitor Township ranks among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 25 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 62 | Jamestown Township MI | 10,702 | $120K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,032 | East Coventry Township PA | 7,463 | $121K | 4.2% | 9.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,033 | Butler Township PA | 10,285 | $109K | 6.4% | 3.7% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,034 | Monitor Township MI | 10,597 | $77K | 5.9% | 2.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,035 | Mill Valley CA | 13,799 | $206K | 5.9% | 8.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,036 | Carl Junction MO | 8,484 | $83K | 8.4% | 0.6% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Monitor Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Monitor Township and its neighbors: 22% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monitor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor Township | – | B+ | C− | 25 min | $76,563 |
| Kawkawlin Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 22 min | $85,262 |
| Frankenlust Township | 2% | A− | C+ | 20 min | $92,685 |
| Bangor Township | 4% | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $60,661 |
| Williams Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $87,380 |
| Bay City | 16% | C− | A− | 21 min | $49,420 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bay City. Darker towns draw more of Monitor 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 Monitor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Monitor Township?
$76,563 (±$13,606) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monitor Township?
5.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monitor Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monitor Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bay City (16%, 5 mi), Midland (10%, 12 mi), Saginaw (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Monitor Township walkable?
Monitor Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monitor 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 Monitor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monitor 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.