Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainNadeau Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Jobs and income earn Nadeau Township D; getting around on foot earns it C. Nadeau Township has 171 jobs; 384 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Nadeau Township, in brief
Nadeau Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Nadeau Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Nadeau Township’s grade up (12.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.1%) is left out: Nadeau 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, Nadeau Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The trip to work from Nadeau Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nadeau Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 399 commuters (the 11% 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.
Nadeau Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 370 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Nadeau Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
15% of working residents work in Harris Township
Where Nadeau Township clocks in
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.
32% of the jobs in Nadeau Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nadeau Township, 2011 → 2021: 180 → 171. 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 Nadeau Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Nadeau Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Nadeau Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nadeau Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% 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 448 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). 1.5% of Nadeau Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Nadeau Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Nadeau Township places 3,099th 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,097 | Crivitz WI | 1,137 | $55K | 14.7% | 1.4% | 24% | D |
| 3,098 | Penobscot ME | 1,159 | $63K | 16.0% | 4.2% | 6% | D |
| 3,099 | Nadeau Township MI | 1,080 | $55K | 12.8% | 7.1% | 4% | D |
| 3,100 | Springfield NY | 1,325 | $63K | 20.1% | 4.5% | 3% | D |
| 3,101 | Salem Township OH | 1,034 | $51K | 15.0% | 1.2% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Nadeau Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
15% of Nadeau Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Spalding Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nadeau Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadeau Township | – | D | C | 33 min | $54,500 |
| Faithorn Township | under 3% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Holmes Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Daggett Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Gourley Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Spalding Township | 10% | C− | C | 36 min | $63,333 |
| Meyer Township | 5% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Cedarville Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Faithorn Township, Holmes Township, Daggett Township, Gourley Township and Cedarville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Meyer Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nadeau 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 Nadeau Township: questions
What is the median household income in Nadeau Township?
$54,500 (±$15,667) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nadeau Township?
12.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nadeau Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nadeau Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harris Township (15%, 18 mi), Spalding Township (10%, 17 mi), Escanaba (8%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Nadeau Township walkable?
Nadeau Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nadeau Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nadeau Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nadeau 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.