With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Montmorency Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Montmorency Township are C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Employers in Montmorency Township report 63 jobs, against 274 working residents. Only 3% work in Montmorency Township; the top destination outside it is Hillman Township (17%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Montmorency Township in brief
Montmorency Township is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Montmorency Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A lot of Montmorency Township works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Montmorency Township: Hillman Township (17%) and Briley Township (11%). Next door ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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 274 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Montmorency Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Montmorency Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Montmorency Township’s grade up (7.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.4%) is left out: Montmorency 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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Montmorency Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who works in Montmorency Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 266 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Montmorency Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
How far it is to work from Montmorency Township
About 40% 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.
The places Montmorency Township commutes to
Where Montmorency Township clocks in
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Montmorency Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montmorency Township, 2011 → 2021: 19 → 63. 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 Montmorency Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Montmorency Township: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montmorency Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 381 commuters (the 16% 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.
In Montmorency Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montmorency Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 454 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). 1.3% of Montmorency Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Montmorency Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Montmorency Township places 2,190th of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
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| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
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| 2,188 | Rice TX | 1,286 | $66K | 16.2% | 2.1% | 3% | C |
| 2,189 | Marmet WV | 1,416 | $52K | 13.6% | 12.1% | 1% | C |
| 2,190 | Montmorency Township MI | 1,093 | $68K | 7.2% | 7.4% | 3% | C |
| 2,191 | Indian Lake NY | 1,344 | $63K | 6.1% | 4.5% | 38% | C |
| 2,192 | Millwood Township OH | 1,225 | $55K | 6.0% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Montmorency Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 28% of Montmorency Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montmorency Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmorency Township | – | C | C− | 29 min | $67,614 |
| Hillman Township | 17% | D− | C | 27 min | $42,893 |
| Briley Township | 11% | D− | C− | 32 min | $43,115 |
| Corwith Township | under 2% | D | C− | 21 min | $57,308 |
| Vienna Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Bismarck Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Wellington Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Forest Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Case Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Allis Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Vienna Township, Bismarck Township, Wellington Township, Case Township and Allis Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Forest Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hillman Township. Darker towns draw more of Montmorency 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 Montmorency Township: questions
What is the median household income in Montmorency Township?
$67,614 (±$10,100) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montmorency Township?
7.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montmorency Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montmorency Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillman Township (17%, 9 mi), Briley Township (11%, 11 mi), Alpena (10%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Montmorency Township walkable?
Montmorency Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montmorency Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montmorency Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montmorency 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.