Photo: Ben Scripps · CC BY-SA 4.0Paradise Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 6% work in Paradise Township; the top destination outside it is Traverse City (30%, 13 miles). There are 516 jobs in Paradise Township, against 1,990 working residents. Paradise Township grades C+ 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 Paradise Township, in a few figures
Fewer jobs are based in Paradise Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Paradise Township fell from 857 in 2011 to 516 in 2021, −40%. 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 ↓
Paradise Township is a place people come home to
There are 516 jobs based in Paradise Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Paradise Township has about 3,600 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Paradise Township works in Traverse City
606 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Traverse City, 13 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Paradise Township itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Why Paradise Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Paradise Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #473 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Paradise Township’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
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, poverty and unemployment, Paradise Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Jobs in Paradise Township: what the 516 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paradise Township, 2011 → 2021: 857 → 516. 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 Paradise Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Paradise Township
On a workday 1,880 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Paradise Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where Paradise Township goes to work
Where Paradise Township clocks in
30% of workers
15% 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.
About 28 minutes to work from Paradise Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paradise Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,071 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Paradise Township
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.
For most of Paradise Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Paradise Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #430 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Paradise Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,304 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.7% of Paradise Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Paradise Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Paradise Township is 2,272nd among 3,627 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,270 | Washington Township IN | 6,498 | $62K | 11.7% | 2.9% | 25% | C+ |
| 2,271 | Chocolay Township MI | 6,014 | $87K | 9.4% | 4.4% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,272 | Paradise Township MI | 5,101 | $74K | 6.3% | 5.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,273 | Northfield VT | 5,873 | $72K | 12.5% | 2.9% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,274 | Osceola IA | 5,679 | $68K | 6.4% | 6.0% | 44% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Paradise Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Paradise Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to East Bay Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paradise Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Township | – | C+ | C | 28 min | $74,084 |
| Blair Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 19 min | $71,582 |
| East Bay Township | 4% | B | B− | 20 min | $85,291 |
| Fife Lake Township | under 2% | B− | C | 37 min | $83,194 |
| Mayfield Township | 2% | C− | C− | 30 min | $74,432 |
| Greenwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenwood Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Paradise 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 Paradise Township: questions
What is the median household income in Paradise Township?
$74,084 (±$8,304) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paradise Township?
6.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paradise Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paradise Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (30%, 13 mi), Garfield Township (15%, 12 mi), East Bay Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Paradise Township walkable?
Paradise Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Paradise Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paradise Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paradise 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.