Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Most of Onekama Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
154 jobs are based in Onekama Township for 437 working residents. Onekama Township grades C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. For 25% of workers, the job is at home (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Onekama Township, in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Onekama Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Onekama Township fell from 300 in 2011 to 154 in 2021, −49%. 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 ↓
A lot of Onekama Township works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders Onekama Township: Manistee Township (16%), Bear Lake Township (8%) and Arcadia Township (3%). Next door ↓
A lot of Onekama Township works from home
25% of Onekama Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. 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 437 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Onekama Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Onekama Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Onekama Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Onekama 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Onekama Township could be anywhere from C to B−.
Goods, not services: 34% of the jobs in Onekama Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Onekama Township, 2011 → 2021: 300 → 154. 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 Onekama Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Onekama Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Onekama Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 438 commuters (the 25% 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.
How a workday changes Onekama Township
On a workday 410 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Onekama Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
16% of working residents work in Manistee Township
Where Onekama Township clocks in
16% 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.
The commute from Onekama Township, by distance
About 28% 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.
In Onekama Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Onekama Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 584 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). 2.8% of Onekama Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Onekama Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,275th of 5,400: where Onekama Township ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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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| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,273 | Thorndale TX | 1,456 | $64K | 9.9% | 5.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,274 | Bonduel WI | 1,409 | $64K | 9.5% | 1.3% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,275 | Onekama Township MI | 1,328 | $70K | 4.0% | 1.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,276 | Van Buren Township OH | 1,523 | $76K | 11.9% | 2.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,277 | Fairfield WI | 1,046 | $85K | 11.5% | 0.2% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Onekama Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Onekama Township and its neighbors: 27% work next door
The biggest share goes to Manistee Township (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Onekama Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onekama Township | – | C+ | B+ | 25 min | $70,380 |
| Manistee Township | 16% | C− | C− | 18 min | $65,461 |
| Bear Lake Township | 8% | C+ | C | 22 min | $72,958 |
| Arcadia Township | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Arcadia Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Onekama 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 Onekama Township: questions
What is the median household income in Onekama Township?
$70,380 (±$9,952) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Onekama Township?
4.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Onekama Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Onekama Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manistee Township (16%, 7 mi), Bear Lake Township (8%, 5 mi), Manistee (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Onekama Township walkable?
Onekama Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Onekama Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Onekama Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Onekama 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.