Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Newberry has lower household incomes than 92% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Newberry are D− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Below the poverty line: 29.7% of residents, where Michigan as a whole has 13.2%. About one in four work in Newberry; the top destination outside it is McMillan Township (37%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Newberry
Newberry and McMillan Township trade workers both ways
McMillan Township is the top workplace for Newberry residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Newberry come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Newberry than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Newberry fell from 993 in 2011 to 610 in 2021, −39%. 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 ↓
Commutes from Newberry are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan 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 518 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Newberry: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Newberry is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Newberry’s grade.
Unemployment (10.8%) is left out: Newberry’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 firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Newberry stays D−.
Where the trip to work from Newberry ends
Where Newberry clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Newberry
610 jobs are based in Newberry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newberry, 2011 → 2021: 993 → 610. 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 Newberry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Newberry’s commute takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newberry workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 489 commuters (the 8% 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 Newberry
On a workday 387 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 479 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 (1.18 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.
Where in the region Newberry works
About 32% 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.
Newberry is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 532 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). 11.1% of Newberry households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Newberry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Newberry and other 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,732 | Melbourne AR | 1,892 | $39K | 30.8% | 5.6% | 25% | D− |
| 5,733 | Ivey GA | 1,009 | $40K | 36.5% | 15.0% | 1% | D− |
| 5,734 | Newberry MI | 1,397 | $46K | 29.7% | 10.8% | 25% | D− |
| 5,735 | Appleton MN | 1,361 | $44K | 28.3% | 6.3% | 30% | D− |
| 5,736 | Greenfield MO | 1,242 | $36K | 26.7% | 8.3% | 7% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Newberry, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 Newberry: questions
What is the median household income in Newberry?
$45,781 (±$7,955) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newberry?
29.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newberry?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newberry work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McMillan Township (37%, 11 mi), Pentland Township (19%, 6 mi), Sault Ste. Marie (5%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Newberry walkable?
Newberry is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.6 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newberry without a car?
<1% 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 Newberry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newberry
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.