Ossineke Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Ossineke Township grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Employers in Ossineke Township report 94 jobs, against 601 working residents. Only 2% stay in Ossineke Township for work; outside it, Alpena is the main destination (30%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Ossineke Township apart on work
Ossineke Township is a place people come home to
There are 94 jobs based in Ossineke Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ossineke Township has about 1,100 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Ossineke Township works in Alpena
178 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Alpena, 17 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Ossineke Township itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 ↓
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 601 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Ossineke Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Ossineke Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ossineke Township’s grade up (9.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Ossineke 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, Ossineke Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
A workday in Ossineke Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 587 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Ossineke Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Out of Ossineke Township to work: where people go
Where Ossineke Township clocks in
30% of workers
19% 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.
Half of Ossineke Township commutes less than 17 miles
About 36% 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 kinds of work in Ossineke Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ossineke Township, 2011 → 2021: 48 → 94. 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 Ossineke Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Ossineke Township’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ossineke Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 584 commuters (the 9% 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.
For most of Ossineke Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ossineke Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 640 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). 3.4% of Ossineke Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ossineke Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Ossineke Township is 3,603rd of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 94 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 231 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,601 | Kenly NC | 1,722 | $57K | 14.4% | 5.3% | 7% | C− |
| 3,602 | Gouldsboro ME | 1,769 | $61K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 13% | C− |
| 3,603 | Ossineke Township MI | 1,650 | $68K | 9.0% | 2.8% | 2% | C− |
| 3,604 | Concord Township PA | 1,354 | $65K | 15.4% | 4.5% | 1% | C− |
| 3,605 | St. John KS | 1,200 | $74K | 12.1% | 1.9% | 20% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Ossineke Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Ossineke Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Wilson Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ossineke Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossineke Township | – | C− | C− | 30 min | $67,885 |
| Mitchell Township | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Caledonia Township | under 1% | C− | D | 41 min | $71,513 |
| Wilson Township | 1% | D | B− | 22 min | $62,143 |
| Green Township | 1% | D− | D | 26 min | $55,000 |
| Sanborn Township | 1% | D | C+ | 31 min | $61,827 |
| Rust Township | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mitchell Township and Rust Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ossineke 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 Ossineke Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ossineke Township?
$67,885 (±$10,685) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ossineke Township?
9.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ossineke Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ossineke Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alpena (30%, 17 mi), Alpena Township (19%, 20 mi), Hillman Township (2%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Ossineke Township walkable?
Ossineke Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ossineke 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 Ossineke Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ossineke 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.