Mullett Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Mullett Township itself; outside it, Cheboygan draws the most (14%, 10 miles). There are 42 jobs in Mullett Township; 385 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Mullett Township are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mullett Township, in a few figures
Mullett Township is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Mullett Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mullett Township has about 890 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Mullett Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 385 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Mullett Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Mullett Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Mullett Township’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (7.3%) is left out: Mullett 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, Mullett Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Mullett Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 381 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Mullett Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 many miles Mullett Township commutes
About 38% 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.
Commuting from Mullett Township: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mullett Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 322 commuters (the 20% 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.
Out of Mullett Township to work: where people go
Where Mullett Township clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Mullett Township makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mullett Township, 2011 → 2021: 53 → 42. 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 Mullett Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Mullett Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mullett Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 400 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). 7.3% of Mullett Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mullett Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Mullett Township ranks 1,832nd of 4,866 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+ |
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| 124 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 151 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,830 | Albany WI | 1,089 | $73K | 11.8% | 0.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,831 | McClellan Township IL | 1,188 | $77K | 10.3% | 2.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,832 | Mullett Township MI | 1,233 | $83K | 5.2% | 7.3% | 1% | B− |
| 1,833 | Comfort Township MN | 1,264 | $91K | 7.2% | 3.5% | 1% | B− |
| 1,834 | Skagway AK | 1,174 | $89K | 6.2% | 9.3% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Mullett Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Mullett Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Tuscarora Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mullett Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullett Township | – | B− | C | 33 min | $82,500 |
| Inverness Township | 3% | C− | D | 20 min | $56,141 |
| Aloha Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Burt Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Koehler Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 33 min | $61,859 |
| Indian River | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Tuscarora Township | 4% | C+ | D | 28 min | $66,042 |
Same-state neighbors only. Aloha Township: not graded. Burt Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Indian River: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mullett 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 Mullett Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mullett Township?
$82,500 (±$15,591) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mullett Township?
5.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mullett Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mullett Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cheboygan (14%, 10 mi), Petoskey (8%, 22 mi), Bear Creek Township (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Mullett Township walkable?
Mullett Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mullett Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mullett Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mullett 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.