St. Ignace Mission · Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Moran Township earn less than those in 61% of U.S. towns
9.0% of residents live below the poverty line (Michigan 13.2%). Jobs and income earn Moran Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Moran Township
Moran Township and St. Ignace trade workers both ways
St. Ignace is the top workplace for Moran Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Moran Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Moran Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 323 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Moran Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Moran Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Moran Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Moran 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, Moran Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
23% of working residents work in St. Ignace
Where Moran Township clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moran Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 393 commuters (the 4% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Moran Township
On a workday 297 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 286 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 (0.97 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.
Jobs in Moran Township: what the 312 are
312 jobs are based in Moran Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moran Township, 2011 → 2021: 180 → 312. 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 Moran Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Moran Township
About 20% 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 commute in Moran Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moran Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 408 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). 0.4% of Moran Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Moran Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,400, Moran Township ranks 1,937th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,935 | Rossville IL | 1,170 | $62K | 10.4% | 2.9% | 3% | C− |
| 1,936 | Washington Township IN | 1,234 | $72K | 20.0% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 1,937 | Moran Township MI | 1,072 | $68K | 9.0% | 5.1% | 8% | C− |
| 1,938 | Leesville Township MO | 1,065 | $70K | 9.8% | 0.9% | 1% | C− |
| 1,939 | Barry IL | 1,247 | $76K | 15.3% | 5.8% | 12% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Moran Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 29% of Moran Township
The biggest share goes to St. Ignace (23%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moran Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moran Township | – | C− | C+ | 20 min | $68,059 |
| Brevort Township | 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Hendricks Township | under 2% | — | — | 63 min | — |
| St. Ignace | 23% | C | A | 31 min | $64,663 |
| St. Ignace Township | 4% | D− | C+ | 18 min | $52,656 |
| Trout Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brevort Township, Hendricks Township and Trout Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moran 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 Moran Township: questions
What is the median household income in Moran Township?
$68,059 (±$7,787) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moran Township?
9.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moran Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moran Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Ignace (23%, 15 mi), Mackinac Island (16%, 20 mi), Sault Ste. Marie (8%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Moran Township walkable?
Moran Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moran Township without a car?
1% 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 Moran Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moran 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.