Most of Moorland Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
128 jobs are based in Moorland Township for 646 working residents. Moorland Township grades B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Moorland Township in brief
Moorland Township is a place people come home to
There are 128 jobs based in Moorland Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Moorland Township has about 1,200 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Moorland Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Moorland Township is Grand Rapids, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (61) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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 646 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Moorland Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Moorland Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Moorland Township’s grade.
Unemployment (5.9%) is left out: Moorland 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Moorland Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
How many people are in Moorland Township by day
On a workday 639 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Moorland Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Moorland Township
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.
9% of working residents work in Grand Rapids
Where Moorland Township clocks in
6% 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: 47% of jobs based in Moorland Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moorland Township, 2011 → 2021: 117 → 128. 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 Moorland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moorland Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 669 commuters (the 6% 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 Moorland Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moorland Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 709 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). 4.4% of Moorland Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moorland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Moorland Township is 2,523rd of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 104 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 218 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 263 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,521 | Spring Valley WI | 1,443 | $70K | 6.6% | 5.4% | 7% | B− |
| 2,522 | Cerro Gordo Township IL | 1,887 | $86K | 12.5% | 5.9% | 6% | B− |
| 2,523 | Moorland Township MI | 1,767 | $74K | 9.5% | 5.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,524 | Sullivan Township PA | 1,443 | $88K | 6.3% | 4.4% | 2% | B− |
| 2,525 | Auburn Township PA | 1,737 | $89K | 6.4% | 4.5% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Moorland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Moorland Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Ravenna Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moorland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorland Township | – | B− | D− | 27 min | $74,167 |
| Ravenna Township | 4% | B+ | C− | 27 min | $75,625 |
| Casnovia Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 27 min | $83,333 |
| Egelston Township | under 3% | C− | D | 25 min | $61,432 |
| Bridgeton Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 33 min | $62,228 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moorland 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 Moorland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Moorland Township?
$74,167 (±$11,911) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moorland Township?
9.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moorland Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moorland Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (9%, 25 mi), Walker (8%, 20 mi), Muskegon (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Moorland Township walkable?
Moorland Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moorland 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 Moorland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moorland 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.