US 12 St. Joseph River Bridge · Photo: All Things Michigan · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs, income and commuting in Mottville Township, MI
Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. Jobs and income earn Mottville Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 4% work in Mottville Township itself; outside it, Elkhart draws the most (12%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Mottville Township
Mottville Township makes and builds things
66% of the jobs based in Mottville Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mottville Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 44%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Mottville Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mottville Township fell from 731 in 2011 to 406 in 2021, −44%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Mottville Township workers work from home
Only 2% 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 598 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Mottville Township
On income, poverty and job access, Mottville Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Mottville Township’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($70,441, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Mottville 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mottville Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Factories, building and farms: 66% of the jobs in Mottville Township
406 jobs are based in Mottville Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mottville Township, 2011 → 2021: 731 → 406. 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 Mottville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Mottville Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mottville Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 617 commuters (the 2% 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.
Who works in Mottville Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 573 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Mottville Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Mottville Township’s residents
Where Mottville Township clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
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.
How far Mottville Township’s workers travel
About 19% 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 Mottville Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mottville Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 629 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). 10.6% of Mottville Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mottville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mottville Township places 1,977th of 5,877 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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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| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 1,975 | Harristown IL | 1,247 | $72K | 9.5% | 5.5% | 2% | B− |
| 1,976 | Mishicot WI | 1,428 | $65K | 7.2% | 1.3% | 6% | B− |
| 1,977 | Mottville Township MI | 1,436 | $70K | 10.1% | 6.0% | 4% | B− |
| 1,978 | Cherry Valley NY | 1,223 | $93K | 5.7% | 5.2% | 8% | B− |
| 1,979 | Irwin Township PA | 1,228 | $69K | 6.2% | 6.7% | 2% | B− |
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| 5,877 | 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 Mottville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
11% of Mottville Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to White Pigeon Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mottville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mottville Township | – | B− | C+ | 24 min | $70,441 |
| Porter Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $79,681 |
| Constantine Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 22 min | $73,926 |
| White Pigeon Township | 8% | C+ | C | 17 min | $71,071 |
| White Pigeon | under 3% | C− | C− | 19 min | $51,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mottville 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 Mottville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mottville Township?
$70,441 (±$16,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mottville Township?
10.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mottville Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mottville Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkhart (12%, 15 mi), White Pigeon Township (8%, 6 mi), Sturgis (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Mottville Township walkable?
Mottville Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mottville Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mottville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mottville 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.